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 beginning to look like something boro-ish. (Yes, boro-ish. Why not?)
My first attempt using different shades of indigo stitched together improv style, backed with a thin lining, and hand-sewn using big stitches. I’ll continue with the big stitches and, as the feeling catches me, add other stitches for interest.
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This photo (above) shows the way that boro jackets are repaired and added to over time, so they almost never wear out. When a hole appears, the maker adds a piece of fabric and sews it in using large stitches in an improv pattern.
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Eventually, those added pieces make up the jacket. Pieces are added wherever needed, Oftentimes, on top of previously added pieces. And so, as always, a few quilts in our SQI theme…
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I’ll leave you with my own small indigo art piece, titled Indigo Dusk. Click on the title for the link explaining how I created it.
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