WORKSHOP: Boro Reversible Loop Bag with Barbara Gilbert – Registration now open!

This will be an in-person workshop in Victoria, BC. Current public health orders will be adhered to. Registration here!

The Japanese knot bag was traditionally worn with your kimono; the knot bag hung from your wrist. It is also known as a loop bag as the longer handle is looped through the short handle and pulled into a knot to keep the contents tucked inside. This bag can be made in many sizes and is adjustable to your needs.

Boro is the “visible mending” seen on old and tattered clothing of the rural Japanese people. The patches were darned onto the thin cotton or hemp clothing using the uneven running sashiko stitch and sashiko thread.

Barbara Gilbert will walk us through how to make the Boro Reversible Loop Bag. She will show us how to use sashiko stitches and designs to stitch boro patches of yarn-dyed Japanese cottons onto a cotton base. Then she will demonstrate how to construct the reversible knot bag, plus talk about two other possible ways of constructing the bag from this pattern.

A large selection of neutral yarn-dyed cottons and off-white sashiko thread will be provided for you to use. Feel free to bring your own if you have any.

Once you sign up for the workshop, you will be provided with a coupon code to purchase the downloadable pattern from BeBe Bold.