Calligraphy Southscribes Calliarts Afternoon - Quilted Japanese Cards

I'm really looking forward to this mini workshop with one our tutors - Penny Laver on 11 July.

Calliart - Quilted Japanese Cards

These cards are based on washi paper quilting which is a traditional Japanese doll making technique called 'kime-komi' and Oshie. Pieces of Japanese 'kimono' fabric and cotton batting are used to create beautiful doll pictures. Individual parts of the image are formed by creating small 'shaped' puffy pillows and then piece together to form the final picture. 

This picture shows an example

 

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This technique can be easily be adapted to make some beautiful cards. We shall be making the card shown below which is a great card for children, If time permits we shall try a couple of other patterns.

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