Boro stitching coats & jackets

Our very last piece This Perfectly puffy coat is our collaboration with textile designer Neeru Kumar! This Indigo patchwork kantha stitch coat designed exclusively by Two is where style meets comfort. Incredibly soft and cozy like a warm blanket. The coat has a slim fit with pockets and snaps. The perfect piece for fall and designed to have a little room for layering if you require extra warmth. The fabric is hand painted with kantha stitching. Available in sizes 1 is best for sizes 2-8 & 2…

In today’s fashion, this traditional mending technique is being used as a style statement.

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Boro Kimono, (Rag Kimono) , 1868-1912, National Gallery of Victoria

Portfolio of our Sashiko Pieces including Boro.

I wandered into the Shibori Dragon quilt store in University Place, WA, today to get some hand-dyed wool and was blown away by the boro jacket collection hanging on the walls. I got permission from Becky, who has been collecting the treasures for about 25 years, to take photos and put them on the blog. Boro ("ragged") jackets are Japanese clothing mostly from the 19th and early 20th centuries that have been heavily patched and mended. The fabric is indigo dyed and the stitching with thick…

My Finished Sashiko Denim Jacket @FanningSparks | Earth-Friendly Project Roundup – FanningSparks

On these grey winter days, I find myself needing an injection of color into my wardrobe. This jacket is certainly that! Colorful, loud, a little wild. Tim says that this jacket has turned me into the quintessential Vermont hippie. I'm not mad about that. I've told you before that at least part of my aesthetic leans towards former elementary school art teacher moves to a farm in Vermont to pursue her pottery. This jacket definitely fits this mold! To keep the Vermont theme going I took these…

I finished the Murra Coat a couple of days ago and here are the pictures. Adding the front bands makes such a difference. front of the finished Murra Coat various pieces laid out to patch together for the bands Above is a picture of the bands laid out on my worktable before they were attached to the jacket. They are simply long rectangular strips. I pieced together several pieces of the various fabrics and stencil prints to maintain the patched together consistent look of the coat. As you…

I never made a jacket before creating this Boro-inspired jacket. I made lots of mistakes, but am quite happy with the result!

I am so pleased so many people love the boro-inspired patchwork coat I made. I find handstitching projects very relaxing, so I occasionally make/upcycle thin...

I have coveted a kantha jacket since I saw one made from a bedspread at my first Design Outside the Lines (DOL) retreat with Diane Ericson and guest tutor Carol Lee Shanks back in 2014. My covetousness was so strong that whilst still in Ashland I almost purchased a kantha bedspread. I only refrained because I was worried about what I might purchase at the Houston International Quilt Festival and the need to get everything home to New Zealand. Fast forward to 2018 and you can now buy kantha…

My husband gave me a hand-woven panel from Bhutan. I designed a Kantha inspired spring jacket to highlight it. Read this to see how.

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Hovea is the perfect pattern to take your time with and enjoy the process of quilting. Hand quilting your Hovea jacket is so rewarding, and today I’ll be sharing with you a few tips for hand quilting your Hovea jacket or coat. After taking the UpCycle Stitches Sashiko course last year I was so excited to jump into applying what I had learnt to a garment. I hand quilted this Hovea jacket over the course of a week whilst my eldest Bunny was recovering from having our wisdom teeth removed (more…