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The Japanese fabrics art quilt is done! At the end of the last post about it, I had the three elements quilted and the base finished. The next step was to center the black circle on the seam lines. I used a tape measure and a long ruler placed on the seam line to find the center top to bottom.

Then I did the same on the horizontal seam.

The black piece is pinned in place. I set the white circle on top just to make sure the black was oriented the way I wanted it. The crane needed to ...

I have had these beautiful Japanese fabrics in my stash for some time now, actually years! I know I got them from my friend Mary before covid, so it had to be 2019. From time to time I get them out, intending to do something with them, but am stymied by the size of the images. They do not lend themselves well to being cut up.

I really love the crane motifs, and the coi fish, but could not come up with a design on my own. These needed a more modern approach.

I got out this book Japanese Quilt ...