kimono Silk Patchwork

I love kimono silks and my love of paper piecing works great with them because they are so thin and floppy to work with. The paper templates are a great way of stabilizing the material.

As you can see I am using them for a fan block, the completed one is a Dresden plate block which I made years ago. These are good blocks for kimono silk pieces which I buy and are not always all that big.

Crazy for Silk

Below is a picture of the first example from my crazy patchwork quilt. I am using vintage kimono silks. I love these silks, the patterns are stunning. I decided on crazy patchwork because silk is fiddly and I didn't feel ready to try and make them into accurate blocks, though I might try that next with fusible interfacing.

Next step is to embroider the patch.