My Temari experience had a rather strange begining. I was in my local fabric shop and saw a panel set of 3 japanese geisha girls by Lonni Rossi. If you are not familiar with them, they are the black outline of 3 different geisha girls.
One of our towns very talented quilters, Mrs N, had 1 geisha panel that she had appliqued hanging on display in the shop. It was stunning. I just had to have a go at them, although I had never appliqued anything in my life before.
Luckily, my local fabric shop carries a great range of japanese fabrics, and home I went with a "new project". When I have a "new project", I tend to become extremely single minded and tunnel visioned, to the extent that meals can almost become non existent!!
I finished the 3 panels and I was rather pleased with my 1st attempt at appliqueing. Mrs N very kindly painted the faces white and embroidered the lips red for me.
My DB decided they were worth having framed.
Our local framer, who is an expert in his line of work, had to make a box frame for each panel as they all have some embellishment that sits up from the fabric. He did a beautiful job and we were both rapt.
Now, where to hang them? We decided that they'd look good on our bedhead wall.
So there they hang, with nothing else even resembling a japanese theme in the room. Oh, I did have a large frame with a display of combs that I bought in China in the mid 80s, so they were a bit like something that would blend into a japanese theme.
The next project is about to begin. More on that next time.
Here are the pics of my 3 geisha girls.
