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Japanese  pin bowl with piece work cushion

Making a Japanese Pin Bowl

Japanese wood pin bowl cushionJapanese pottery pin bowl
Japanese pin cushion bowls have become popular recently and as it turns out, despite their tiny cuteness they are functional.
Plus they have that Wabi-Sabi (happy-imperfect) handmade zakka (heart-smile) quality about them. 

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Boro Cushion for summer

Making Summer Cushions Wabi Sabi Style

Making summer cushions wabi-sabi style

boro cushion

...every spring I have a new(ish) pile of stitchings and part-projects that were never made into anything.

They start as a tidy stack back in the winter, fall over and quietly slide onto the floor by spring.

"Ah ha!" I say to myself when the return of spring wakes my brain, "the time has come to get some of these used up!"...

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sewing with boro fabric

My Boro Stitching & Thoughts for Other Stitchers

My Boro Stitching & Thought for Other Stitchers

.... but thats just how I like to do it. Other people stitch wonderful pieces with parallel lines evenly spaced. It's a matter of what you enjoy plus what is functional for your project. The right thing to do is to suit yourself!

boro stitched sewing

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Japanese wagara  cotton fabric

Wagara & Wagara Kasuri Pattern Fabric Collection on A Threaded Needle

     I've been buying these wagara fabrics for A Threaded Needle from Olympus Manufacturing in Japan for a few years, and as I am adding a few new ones to the website today, it seemed like a good time to tell you more about them.
Wagara Kasuri Japanese Fabrics
So first, what does wagara mean?
and why Olympus fabrics versus less expensive versions of these designs?

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