tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post6269372490119374400..comments2024-02-28T21:55:28.899-08:00Comments on True Stitches: A Tale of Two SleevesHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17188002198879523397noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28288094.post-26235397519923131952009-11-24T23:15:54.035-08:002009-11-24T23:15:54.035-08:00Hi Heather,
beautiful piece and I will find a...Hi Heather,<br /><br /> beautiful piece and I will find a place of honour for it. By the way, the stitching looks a lot like those used in the borro-cloth pieces. I finally picked up a copy of that book in Tokyo and it's on its way to you. I think you'll find lots of inspiration in it. Maybe even a few tears. The pieces of borro-cloth in the book were collected by an ethnologist in Akita prefecture in northern Japan. He sensed that they were special artifacts of a way of life that had passed. People in the far north were financially destitute and just couldn't afford to throw anything away, even scraps of worn cloth. Everything was used and reused and reused until there was literally nothing left to use. The results are unbelievable. <br />Jean-PierreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com