Tea Ceremony Geisha - Complete

I have finally finished off the Tea Ceremony Geisha Applique. I ended up having to quilt the background as the wadding I bought really quickly was way too thick and needed to be held in place. All I can say is Yay for the invent of the walking foot. I decided upon a crisscrossing pattern in the background as it is similar to a sashiko pattern that I use regularly. I did a running stitch on the machine as I didn't have the time to do it all by hand as I would with real sashiko.

The actual satin stitching around the fabric pieces turned out to be easier than I thought it would. I must admit that the thought of satin stitching the trees in the circle had me avoiding this project more than once. Yay for the invent of the open toe applique foot. I satin stitches all around the Geisha and the teapot using a beading foot (I think it was) and then decided I needed something better for the smaller details. A very good decision, I think stitching the smaller details ended up being a little easier than some of the larger areas. All in all I am quite happy with my efforts on this project and hope the recipient feels the same when I give it to her tomorrow.

Tea Ceremony Geisha - Work in Progress Update 1

I have begun work on the Tea Ceremony Geisha Appliqué kit that I picked up the other week. I have attached all of the fabric to the panel using Appli-kay Wonder and it is now ready to have all of the raw edges satin stitched. I must say that this kit is a bit more fiddly than the Cherry Blossom Geisha that I have previously completed. There is a lot of detail in the background that I am finding a bit daunting and I must admit I find myself procrastinating a little on this project. Hopefully with a little patience and perseverance I will be able to finish this project and move on in a week or two.

Another new project

This just arrived in my letterbox yesterday, it is the Tea Ceremony Geisha panel kit from Just Patchwork.

I will be making it up for a lady I know who saw my previous efforts on the Cherry Blossom Geisha panel. She originally wanted the Cherry Blossom but there were some issues in getting the kit so she settled for the Tea Ceremony one. The Cherry Blossom Geisha panel was a gift for my mother in law and unfortunately I don't have a photo of it. I will try to get one next time I visit her. I will post up the finished Tea Ceremony Geisha when I have completed it, hopefully sometime in the next few weeks.