Course Description

Boro refers to the Japanese practice of patching and repairing domestic textiles, primarily clothing and bedding, in order to extend their domestic use for many years. Inspired by this, Christine has developed a style of hand and machine stitching that is very accessible and rewarding, ‘borrowing’ from Boro.

On day one Christine will introduce you to Boro and give a demonstration of how to create a unique piece of Boro influenced textile that could be made into a useful glasses or phone case

The following day you will create a larger panel which could be developed in to a bag, scarf, cushion, laptop case, quilt , you decide. If you have some jeans or jacket that you would like to patch using this method then do bring them in.

During the day you will learn how to

• Use scraps to create something unique and practical
• Use hand and machine stitching to add interest and texture - Combining different fabrics
• Develop a design

Christine will bring lots of examples to inspire students.

Suitable For

This course is suitable for beginners or improvers alike.

Requirements List

• Selection of preloved 100% cotton fabrics, scraps are perfect. Authentic Boro work features indigo, browns, blacks, greys and blues but you can use any colours.
  See pinterest.co.uk/craftingcottage/boro/
• Fabric for the backing, I recommend a bit of 100% cotton sheeting or pillowcase. You won’t see any of it when you have finished stitching
• A small amount of thin wadding, approx A4 to pad your glasses/phone case
• Enough fabric for lining your phone/glasses case, bag, or backing a table runner or mat.
• A piece of tape, webbing or grosgrain approx 2.5cms wide and 150cms long (only bring if you intend wearing your case)
• Sewing machine
• Machine threads
• Hand threads
• Box of pins
• Hand needles, general sewing equipment
• Small beads for embellishing the seam of the glasses case (optional)