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Boro Mending
Hand stitching, no matter how basic, makes an object feel valuable.
Understanding the roots, learning the techniques, then expanding the borders is how arts and crafts stay alive, thrive and grow...
Sashiko? Kogin? Hitomezashi? Boro? What are we stitching?
Which one are you stitching?
Sashiko? Kogin? Hitomezashi? Boro?
What all 4 techniques have in common, and how they differ...
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If you have been reading my Boro stitching bog posts, by now you may be want to try it out....
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How do you know it's Japanese Boro?
Although Boro is the Japanese name for a type of mending, stitching, reinforcing and extending the life of used fabric, every culture has this practice in it's history. Before cloth was mass produced
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Boro Group on Facebook
Boro stitching is a type of sashiko stitching. I was just thinking about the Boro Facebook Group I belong to and what an inspiration they are...
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