tkhooper

here is the website that has the panels:

http://www.ericas.com/fabric/andoverasians.htm

Arty1

Here's a Geisha Panel I did recently with one of those panels. I traced the sections and cut out the fabrics to fit and then used steam-a-seam to fuse them onto the background fabric. I then cut out the geisha figure and fused it to a background fabric ... then blanket-stitched (or zig-zag) around all the pieces. I added borders, sandwiched and quilted it.

margaret light

Beautiful, I think, any hope of enlarging it? Bea

Arty1

Margaret, Thank you. I think I've figured out how to enlarge. I took a couple close-ups and then added them as attachment and ...... poof.... they're large..

tkhooper

wow that was exactly what I wanted to see. They are so gorgeous. I just love them.

margaret light

What can I say, they are just gorgeous! Great, great work! Thank you so much. Bea

blahel

gorgeous..hmmm..i have one of those panels and now you have inspired me to go and see what i might be able to create!

tkhooper

that's a whooping crane fabric isn't it. Do you know the size of the print on that fabric? I mean I wouldn't want to use one of the big designs on the panel because I would loose the sense of it. Do you know what I mean?

tkhooper

And by the way how did you get the chrysanthamum for her hair? Is that what is called fussy cuts.

Arty1

Hi tkhooper, That is a fairly good size print on the fabric. I wasn't sure it would work, but I did fussy cut and tried to make sure that the pieces touching each other did NOT match up so it looks more like folds in the dress. The flower in her hair was cut out of a different fabric and fused on. ............ Penny