Boro stitched needle book

Rainy afternoons and evenings allow more time for projects. This was the result of the last Fiber Guild meeting program. Slow stitching. Boro is a Japanese way of repairing clothing and other things made from fabric. It's sort of quilting and decorative stitching. You can tell by my uneven stitches that I am a novice.

[Margaret Brown]

Very interesting handicraft, did you make a needlework case?

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Very nice work

[Kathy]

@craftymeg Yes that's what this is Meg.
@ziggy77 Thanks Jo.

[Susan Wakely]

I remember making something similar many years ago.

[Mallory]

So great to always be learning new things. :)

[Karen]

I love this! How interesting. The stitching - do you decide beforehand what pattern you'll be stitching a certain section? Some areas are in semi-circles, other are straight back and forth - I think the effect is just lovely.

[bkb in the city]

I have learned something new

[katy]

FAV I have never heard of this before I like how you presented this in collage form!

[Corinne C]

Wonderful collage and project.
I love everything linked to fabric and yarn :-)

[Renee Salamon]

What fabulous work you do Kathy

[Shutterbug]

I love the way you setup the images and combined them.

[Mary Siegle]

Nice! Your guild experiments with a good variety of techniques. Thank you for the explanation.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Well, your stitches are far more even than mine would be! You are a very talented "seamstress".

[Dorothy]

Very nice.

[Babs]

It looks lovely.

[Wendy Stout]

How lovely and so nice to try a new craft…. I’m not a fan of sewing but recently on the cruise I went to a craft class and learnt some embroidery and felting techniques it was so much fun

[Issi Bannerman]

How lovely to see.

[Wylie]

very nicely done and a useful result!

[Kathy A]

This is really well done and a very attractive pattern

[william wooderson]

Well done on your stitching technique! It looks pretty good to me!

[Elyse Klemchuk]

I like this very much!

[Thom Mitchell]

The short stitches add cool detail!

[Kathy]

@wakelys I hope you had as much fun making yours as I did making this.
@sunnygirl It really is nice to be doing some different things and finding I really like doing them.
@cocokinetic It was pretty much free hand stitching. The person who gave the program gave us some tips.But then we were on our own. Thank you.
@bkbinthecity I'm so glad I was able to show you something different Brian.
@grammyn Thanks Katy. This might be something that you would find fun to do. The slow stitching was very peaceful and meditative.
@corinnec Thank you Corinne.
@rensala I appreciate you saying that Renee. I must admit you don't get to see the things that don't turn out very well.
@shutterbug49 Thank you Debbie. This was done in an app in my phone called Incollage.
@mcsiegle Thank you Mary. We have some clever and creative artists in the group.
@olivetreeann Ann, I took a number of the stitches out and redid them so that they would be more even. I'm enjoying the bit of hand stitching.I've been doing lately.
@illinilass Thank you Dorothy.
@onewing Thanks Babs.
@wendystout I've not been a big fan of hand sewing but have found recently that I am enjoying it.
@jamibann Thank you Issi.
@pusspup Thanks Wylie. It will be useful to me.
@kjarn Thank you Kathy.
@will_wooderson Thanks for saying so Will.
@kchuk Thank you Elyse.
@rhoing Thanks Thom.

[katy]

@randystreat it did look kind of interesting and might be something I would try

[Kathy]

I could send you a copy of the instruction book , but if you're interested.