Pin It Weekly #341 Welcome New Followers
Hello! Welcome to another Pin It Weekly! Let’s meet new followers.
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“Hanten Jacket: Tradition from Japan
A hanten jacket, or “half-jacket,” is what laborers wore in the fields and other work places. Real boro is created over time, generations in some examples. Cothing was made in such a way that it could easily be deconstructed for reuse in making another garment.
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Sunday Quilt Inspiration: NUMBERS
Learn to appreciate quilting math with in this Sunday Quilt Inspiration that is all about numbers.
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Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Double Wedding Ring
Take a look at these pins. It’s not a difficult jump from these beautiful gold wedding bands to this double wedding ring block. Who doesn’t have a fascination with double wedding ring quilts? Any quilter worth her salt (as the cliche‘ goes) has at least considered a double wedding ring. I’m included in that realm.
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“Pin It Weekly #340 : Latest pins for inspiration
I’ve been pinning a bit lately. In the course of a recent Pinterest episode, I found these adorable little bags that I think the girls would love. The are in my “basket bags buckets” board. And of course, I’ve been pinning inspirational ideas for the boro jacket (more about that here). It’s coming along quite
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Let’s “boro” together: more jacket slow-stitching
I’ve been sick with a sinus infection that has knocked me to my knees. I’ve done three things? sleep, sit, stitch. Not a bad combination, but really, it’s probably getting time to move. I do have good news though. My boro jacket stitching is coming along. Hours of stitching can really add up. I think
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Where do we go from here? Studio Update
Background. I thought you’d like an update on the studio repairs. One of my recent surprises was a huge nest of termites in the studio walls. The sewing studio is a separate building, so the termites hadn’t eaten their way into the house. They have, however, destroyed about 50% of the studio walls. We began
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Pin It Weekly #339 : new followers always welcome
It’s time to meet a few new followers. Our last PIW was in December, after all. Oh wow! First up is Jacqueline Giambalvo‘s “Sewing” board. This board has mostly quilts, but there are some other sewing-related items. Now say hello to Marilyn Wilkinson. If you are on Keto, you should just scroll right on by,
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Slow-stitching: Boro Fabric Beginnings, One Piece Complete
My little boro fabric is coming along quite nicely. It’s slow, but that’s the idea with slow-stitching. My peeps cannot understand this concept, but their fun doesn’t bother me. I’m enjoying the calm that handwork provides during this time of no studio. We’ve worked out a plan and Richard (poor hubby!) is working diligently to
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Sunday Quilt Inspiration: indigo
There’s an SQI from 2018 on the old blog that covers indigo, but I am into indigos right now, and want to create another indigo SQI, with a bit of a boro slant. I’m thinking it will inspire me as I work on my boro jacket fabric. I have a little done, now, and it’s
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