Ida Christoffersen, who founded the upcycling brand YUME.ITO to work exclusively with discarded textiles, leads this three-hour workshop in the Japanese traditions of sashiko embroidery and boro patching. Both techniques celebrate the imperfect, the worn and the lived-in, and the session moves at the calm, meditative pace that suits them well.
Participants learn the philosophy and history behind sashiko and boro, practise the simple running stitches that build up patterns, and learn to mark sashiko designs directly onto fabric. You will also compose cut-out patches in the distinctive Japanese boro aesthetic, and get ideas for mending and transforming worn or dull clothing into something personal. The workshop is an informal introduction, with room to dive into your own project.
