Jazz by Megumi Mizuno of Shiki City, Saitama Prefect, Japan won First Place, Embellished at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2012 and is an “original design using drawings that were a collaboration with illustrator Panja Morimoto.” Megumi says, “I wanted this piece to be very musical, as if the melody, rhythm, voice, and powerful music are popping out from the quilt when you stand in front of it.”