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Lea's Kimono Paper Piecing Instructions |
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Supplies: |
| Large Kimono Stamp, Oriental Plate #12 in Art
Stamps |
| Yuzen - Blue pattern, #C841 in Yuzen Gallery
4 |
| Yuzen - Pink pattern, #S6860 in Yuzen Gallery
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Versafine Black Onyx Ink |
| Pink & Blue Tairei Paper in Yuzen Tairei
Gallery |
| Gold Medallion Sticker in Accessories Gallery (Starform
Stickers) |
| Sparkling Shapes Stickers, Dot & Geo Shapes
in Accessories
Gallery |
| Xyron or double stick adhesive sheet |
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| Step 1. Stamp large kimono
using Onyx Black Versafine ink once onto
blue yuzen pattern and once onto pink yuzen pattern. Heat set
or let dry overnight. |
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| Step 2. When dry, trim around the
outside of each image leaving at least 1/2" around each image.
Run through a Xyron machine and attach adhesive to the back
sides of the images or mount to a sheet of double-stick adhesive
paper. Remove backing paper and mount each image to a sheet of
text weight paper. I used black. |
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| Step 3. Yuzen is very delicate and
this will make it much easier to handle. Run each image through
the Xyron machine again or apply another sheet of double-stick
adhesive paper to the back of the text-weight paper. |
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| Step 4. Leave the
backing paper on, and cut out each kimono cutting right through
the black stamped lines. You will have a left sleeve, a right
sleeve, a collar piece, a sash, and five skirt panels. Save the
scraps for later. |
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| Step 5. I used a black marker and
colored the edges of each cut out piece. Let these dry while you
stamp the kimono once onto 3 1/2" x 4 1/2 " pieces of pink and
blue Tairei papers. Heat set or let dry
overnight so the ink doesn't smear in the next step. |
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| Step 6. Arrange the cut out pieces
of the two kimonos so they look like the examples. Remove the
backing paper from the Xyron or double stick adhesive one piece
at a time and place the cut out kimono piece onto the matching
stamped area of the blue and pink paper just like puzzle pieces.
Start with the sash first and align all the other pieces firmly
up against the previous piece before smoothing all the pieces
down completely. |
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| Step 7. I used a gold Starforms
peel off medallion sticker in the center of each sash, and added
gold Dot Sparklers for accent. |
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| Step 8. Mount the kimonos onto
coordinating cardstock. Punch one layer using a notch punch and
wrap with gold thread. Fasten thread to the back of the
cardstock with tape. Mount to additional cardstock. |
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| Step 9. Punch 16 diamond shapes and
8 circle shapes using leftover scraps of yuzen and attach at the
corners as shown in the examples. I topped each punched out
shape with Geo Shape Sparklers in circle and diamond shapes. |
