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Kogire Projects I
Leah Sekiguchi & Mary Kamiya
5/23, Sunday
9:00 – 11:00 am
Class Fee: $25
Leah and Mary are veterans in quilting, sewing, and all things with fabrics— especially small scraps, kogire. We’re talking ittybitty pieces of handwoven, handpainted, embroidered and dyed silks, cotton and linen. On their 2009 TEMARI Mingei tour, they met like-minded Japanese craftswomen who can’t bear to throw away any scrap of silk or creped chirimen. They were inspired by coin purses with appliquéd zodiac animals, noren (split curtains), shoulder bags, pillow covers and all sorts of decorative accessories. You’ll be infected, too, by the imaginative uses for tiny remnants remade.
Bring: basic handsewing supplies
Supply Fee: TBD for the flower pod and fabric cords
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Sankaku Bukuro, 3-sided Bag
Daisy Kajiwara & Marian Holokai
5/30, Sunday
9:00 am – Noon
Class Fee: $35
Daisy and Marian are retired public school educators, but even busier now; frequently traveling to Japan to buy yards of fabric and “cute” stuff then sewing up a storm. This handbag is a traditional form that can be enlarged, embellished, lengthened and pieced with contrasting colors and patterns. They liked the versatility of the bag; adapting it to numerous uses. They will provide a pattern for the variations and share many examples of bukuro that they have sewn.
Bring: basic handsewing supplies
Supply Fee: TBD for fabric and pattern
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Simple Sashiko I
June Hirano
6/12, Saturday, 9:00 am - Noon
Class Fee: $35
Sashiko is a practical Japanese sewing method for stitching together layers of fabric. Traditionally, white thread stitches on indigo blue cotton with even tension are necessary to prevent any puckering that would interfere with an interrupted view of the formal patterns, named for animals, clouds and ocean waves.
June Hirano developed this class to share with you another perspective to sashiko: stitch whatever you felt like in any colored thread. You will learn a stitching method--up/down and in/out. Using various types of multihued threads, you will combine fabrics or just stitch on one layer. She was inspired by craftspeople she met when she visited their studios during TEMARI’s 2005 and 2009 Mingei Folk Art Tours. She saw their clothing stitched in multicolored threads and their homes decorated with noren split curtains, zabuton floor cushions and even dishtowels embellished with colorful stitches.
June will show samples from her vintage textile collection of sashiko-stitched pieces, from Japan and other countries. You will be encouraged to even change thread colors whenever you feel like it and create new patterns.
Bring: Fabrics that you like (An important part of class is to hear suggestions for sashiko designs from your classmates.), scissors, pins.
Supply Fee: $7 for design instructions, sashiko needle, imported sashiko threads, other types of threads, practice fabric.
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Simple Sashiko II
June Hirano
6/19, Saturday, 9:00 am - Noon
Class Fee: $35
Prerequisite: Sashiko Basics or Simple Sashiko I
Make a simple blouse embellished with sashiko stitching. Apply your sashiko stitching techniques to a patterned fabric. The goal in this class is to know where to stitch, in what color, in what pattern, and most important, when to stop stitching.
Bring: scissors, pins, basting thread and minimum 4 yds of cotton fabric, preferably prewashed Japanese yukata because the traditional 13”-14” width is perfect for a blouse.
HINT: Purchase yukata cottons at the April 17 “Bolts…” Sale.
Supply Fee: Supply fee $5 needles, imported sashiko threads and other thread. June also will have a limited supply of yukata material for sale. First come, first lucky.
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Advanced Shibori
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Figure 8 Bracelet
Card Making Classes
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Noriko's Weaving Class
Chirimen Box
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Woven Pouch
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Star Bulletin article: Kimono awakening
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Plant Dyes Workshop
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