I've been fascinated by French General's woad dying and more recently her Boro bag workshop.
What's Boro? Well, I'm glad you asked!
Japan's mended and patched textiles are referred to as boro, or ragged, both in Japan and abroad.
Boro textiles are usually sewn from nineteenth and early twentieth century rags and patches of indigo dyed cotton. The diversity of patches on any given piece is a veritable encyclopedia of hand loomed cotton indigo from old Japan. In most cases, the beautiful arrangement of patches and mending stitches is borne of necessity and happenstance, and was not planned by the maker.
Boro textiles are usually sewn from nineteenth and early twentieth century rags and patches of indigo dyed cotton. The diversity of patches on any given piece is a veritable encyclopedia of hand loomed cotton indigo from old Japan. In most cases, the beautiful arrangement of patches and mending stitches is borne of necessity and happenstance, and was not planned by the maker.
From THIS LINK.
The kit comes with absolutely everything you need! I can't wait to get started.
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Well, that looks like fun! We had a lecture on the Boro technique a few years ago. Fascinating.
ReplyDeletei have been wanting to try my hand at boro or sashiko- I love those blues. Fun project
ReplyDeleteLovely! I took a Boro Bag class with Kaari last autumn. I really need to pull it out and finish it up :) So glad that this post reminded me!
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Patti
I did an image search for boro bag and was able to see a few. How very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI love indigo blues! Have fun playing with them!
ReplyDeleteI tried indigo dying last summer. It was a blast! I can't wait to see your project!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting project. The fabrics are wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what you two create. I've never heard of this before. Interesting!
ReplyDeleteLori que ganas de ver tu bolsa
ReplyDelete¡¡¡boro!!!
Looks interesting! Bags are always useful. I'm going to need more bags, as our town council just banned the plastic bags from stores. I already use large canvas bags for grocery shopping, but I'm going start keeping some smaller cloth bags in the car for those smaller purchases. I can't wait to see how the boro bags turn out.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool project! I love that the bag is linen, not canvas..and that evrything is included. I'll have to put this on my ''wish list''. [Did you and your daughter each get a bag or you re going to share? Be sure to show us.]
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Looks very interesting! I'd never heard of boro bags before. Will be following your progress.
ReplyDeleteLori, i love Boro, ever since i saw a demo of it last year!! In fact i love the whole 'make do and mend' philosophy!! I'm working on a little Boro project too :))
ReplyDeleteNever heard of this either. Interesting and great fabrics. Look forward to seeing how it turns out.
ReplyDeletefun! keep us posted!
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