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boro - "too good to waste"

8/30/2015

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I came across Boro quilts in a great book called " A World of Quilts" by Cassandra Ellis - in her book she says that 'Boro was born from the idea of mottainai, a Japanese term that meant 'too good to waste'. "  and that  in traditional boro, cotton and hemp scraps were patched and repaired to create textiles that would last a lifetime and beyond, sewn together over generations telling the story of a family its births, deaths and everything that went in between.
The colour palette used for Boro's is primarily indigo - so this got me thinking about finally putting to use all the pile - see above) of beautiful hemp fabrics that I've been collecting.  The aim is to come up with something in the boro and combining it with some antique Hmong and Dao embroidery pieces, sashiko and raw silk thread embroidered panels - I will keep you posted on how this goes.

In my search for inspiration on boro designs I came across this great site called " Kiminoboy's Japanese Fork Textiles: https://www.kimonoboy.com/short_history.html - this is a great little site with some really great info on all things textiles including the history of Japanese indigo - so if this has sparked an interest its well worth a look.
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9/3/2015 03:36:56 am

Thank you Narelle Grudgfield for referring your readership to our site: www.kimonoboy.com I reposted your article to our customers on Twitter and Facebook.

If any of your readers has a craving to acquire Japanese Folk Textiles at the lowest price, then tell them not to miss out on our Biggest Sale Ever the week of Sept 6 ~ 10, 2015.

Just subscribe on our site to receive the Early Sale Notice.

We ship worldwide directly from the source in Japan.

Kind regards,

Jim Austin
Antique Japanese Folk Textiles
Fukuoka, Japan
https://www.kimonoboy.com

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  • Tours
    • Small Group Textile Tours >
      • Hands on Thailand Craft tour
      • Textiles and Craft of Vietnam
      • Laos Textile Retreat
      • Hands on Textiles And Craft Laos and Cambodia Tour
      • Textiles and Hill tribes of Vietnam
      • Textiles and Craft of Oaxaca
    • Independent Textile Tours >
      • Craft & Culture of Cambodia
      • Laos Threads & Stitches
      • Discover Lao Textiles and Temples
      • Laos Shuttles and Spindles
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  • About Us
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    • Request a tour brochure
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  • Textile Trails Blog
  • Ethnic Minority Textiles
    • Dao Textiles
    • Dao Embroidery
    • Textiles of the Hmong
    • Hmong Embroidery
    • Hmong Story Cloths
    • The Lu
    • Indigo
    • Baby Hats
    • Beautiful ikats
  • Gold Coast creative escape November 2020