treasures from the rag bag

there is something very satisfying about sakiori

rag weaving

indigo dyed cotton warp and indigo dyed rags

an abundance to choose from

while searching through the stash for interesting cloth to cut

this long forgotten jacket (hippari or jinbai) surfaced

found in a charity shop

someone had started to take it apart and never finished

it is old and badly stained and discoloured due to age

it looked so forlorn, I felt sorry for it

black rather than indigo

the kasuri (ikat) pattern is very regular which leads me to believe the pattern was not hand-woven

it is firmly hand stitched and difficult to unpick

there are four fabric ties made from a small kasuri patterned cottonwhich I think is handspun

as I sit and take this apart I think about who, where and when it was made

 the people who wore it for years

and how did it come to Canada?

was it a grandmothers link to a past life?

a new boro piece starts to take shape

I’ll include pieces from the hippari

add bits and take some away

move things around and play for a few days

and then –  start stitching