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Broken Needle Day

Broken Needle Day

Thoughts on Broken Needle Day

 

TC guarding needles

Look back through what you remember of your history and culture and remember all the needle sewn cloth made, needed, and used. Today is a chance to pause and give respect to the importance of this little tool!

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Hitomezashi sashiko stitching sample

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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Boro Sashiko Japanese Hand Stitching

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 producedboro sashiko Japanese country stitching

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Indigo blue cloth and sashiko stitching

Indigo blue cloth and sashiko stitching

sashiko stitched linen over dyed with indigo

....when manufactured cotton cloth became available, the peasant class continued to use indigo to over dye their sashiko stitched garments and bedding. The indigo strengthened the cloth, and no doubt gave coherence to the pieced and patched garments and household linens....

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