Martha Hamman

I have a friend who has a panel that she wanted to hang on her wall. It needed alittle "something" to frame it. I thought an attic window type of alittle something would be good. The panel has a mustard yellow background, so she purchased some fabric of that color with a little leaf print to it and then some fabric that looks like wood. Together they look very nice with the panel. Now, my question. How to do the "window"?
I was thinking left side mustard yellow and top the same. Then, right side and bottom with the wood fabric. Do I need to cut it with an angle. I'm a new quilter, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

feline fanatic

Traditonal attic window is only framed on two sides. Either the right or left and the bottom. I always think the 3-D effect of the window pops when you use the dark on the bottom and the light on the side but it works both ways. Here is a picture of mine so you can see what I mean about only two sides being framed, this one I actually used the light on the bottom and dark on the side to give the illusion of the light coming from the top. While this is not a panel but several window blocks you get the idea and framing only two sides gives more of an affect of looking through a window. Maybe your could use a narrow plain fabric for the other two sides in a dark neutral color?
To get the angled corner which is necessary for the 3D effect you can do a set in Y seam like I did or simply do a HST block in the corner. Prints usually hide those seams nicely.

starshine

If you wanted to use Attic Windows as a jumping off point for a "frame" you could use make. On top just add a hst of the same fabric used on the top piece to make that piece a parrellagram and connect the right side piece with a hst to make the right side regular rectangle. If you sketch it out first on paper you could find the set up that works best.

sueisallaboutquilts

Feline fanatic, that is SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D