Yoko Saito is a Japanese designer who has a reputation for her painstakingly precise needlework and her hallmark style of gentle, taupe colours. In recent years, aside from her regular appearances on TV and in magazines in Japan, she has held quilt exhibitions and workshops in countries such as France, Italy and Taiwan. In 2008 she commemorated 30 years of creative activities with the Yoko Saito Quilt Exhibition at Matsuya department store in Ginza, Tokyo. She has also published numerous books.