Thank you! My friend loves them and at first I wasn't too sure how to get the best pattern to do them justice. As I'm new to quilting I was struggling to know what pattern would be the best. I'll Google it and see what I can find out.

Here is one example of an attic window from the board -

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...d-t213385.html

And another -

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t207659.html

Gorgeous fabrics!
Yes, I agree, Attic Window may be just the pattern to use.
You don't have to have the center of your 'window' square......could be rectangle. You can add the window 'sills'/ 'ledges' to 4 sides but if parts of the surrounding kimonas are contained in the cut area, it may work better to add sills/ledges to just 2 adjacent sides.

http://www.crystalpalaceyarns.com/eq...ticwindow.html

http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltbl...ic_windows.htm

http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/attic-w...ays/index.html

This one has all sides sashed.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pz8eid7Sg_...ssarts.com.jpg

These fabrics are gorgeous! I think something along the lines of what DottyMo posted would showcase them beautifully. Let the fabrics do all the talking in this quilt, don't mess with a more complex pattern. I don't think attic windows would suit them.

Long strips of fabric the length of the quilt at different sizes or all the same size would be pretty with the black sashing in between the strips. I think I saw some Japanese quilts made in this fashion with fancy hand stitching all throughout.

Hi feline fanatic. Thank you for the advice. I love both DottyMo and the attic window ideas but I've never done anything like attic window so I'm a bit nervous about it. If I go with DottyMo's suggestion, do you think it would look ok with the main kimono in the cut being surrounded by parts of other kimonos (hope that makes sense), because if I cut it in a square or rectangle, I'll still get parts of the other kimonos in the cut.

Thank you to everyone who replied to the thread and for your suggestions and help. I'm just trying to figure out if I go for the design DottyMo suggested if it would look ok given the print on the kimono fabric.

My recommendation would be the Oriental Garden quilt! It's stunning with all sorts of fabrics, but especially Asian prints, and it's actually incredibly easy to put together!

http://www.spotlight.com.au/inspirat...-garden-quilt/

Attic window is much more interesting than ordinary sashing.

Thank you Jennalyn, that's a gorgeous pattern too. It's the kimono design that's confusing the issue for me at the moment as to how to include it in the quilt pattern. I need to get my head around it!