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Kathy A and Karen S are leading the next 3 events (July 16, August 12-looking at the EGA Study Box on Surface Embroidery, and September 17-finishing what we start in July) for my EGA Brandywine Guild.

I really do not have remnants of fabric from clothes or rags which would be traditional materials for boro, a Japanese mending method of patching. I do have some lovely swatches of fabrics and a piece of blue fabric for the base. I won’t need all these but I like options! I’m upgrading from cotton thread to Planet Earth 6-ply Silk for stitching the swatches to the fabric, thus creating a zokin. I believe that is an accurate description of what I am getting into!

I believe running stitches will be used to attach small pieces of fabric to the base cloth. The cloth will cover a small lined notebook (5.5″ wide x 8″ high) I had sitting around.

It’s going to be a fantastic opportunity to use my self-threading needles. They are sharp.

Looking forward to what is now later today!!!