Boro mending

Take a walk on the beach with me on a warm sunny day and discover my newest fresh, youthful fabric collection Breeze.

In yesterday’s post, I described 3 different traditional crafts that share one common thread, the running stitch : Kantha, Boro and Sashiko. Kantha and Boro are traditional patchwork from Ind…

A boro shirt made by accident, started with dipping a silk shirt in a bleach solution. Patched with various fabric remnants. From Fafafoom Studio.

Choosing the right jeans Most of the mending projects I share are pretty extreme examples of patching using sashiko inspired mending techniques combined with my own stitching style. The examples that I share are either my own jeans or those that I've found while shopping at thrift/secondhand shops and garage sales. Whe

Another chance to learn the traditional Japanese mending technique Boro from Jennifer Corkish. This class focusses on how to lay out your fabrics and types of threads and needles to use to make this heavily stitched, very textured fabric. A one day class, you will prepare and begin to stitch a sample piece of Boro … Continue reading Jennifer Corkish – Boro Techniques

Make Do and Mend: A Sashiko, Embroidery and Visible Mending Workshop — Carlyn Clark

Boro is a Japanese word meaning “tatters,” originally born out of poverty. Rural women would apply layer-upon-layer of indigo-dyed hemp with running stitches, also known as Sashiko, to patch clothing […]

What you need to know before mending your clothing.

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