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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 12:18 #116317

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	Interesting Renata do post pics if you make some B it is then, I've posted Norma's mug rug and I don't think anyone has a crick in their neck
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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 11:48 #116315

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Thanks, Wendy! Yup, it sounds like the Japanese boro you described. In Japan a whole fad has come out of a centuries-old custom of peasants continuing to patch clothing and passing them down... so if you have a small patch of fabric too good to waste, which is what boro refers to, you can still make something pretty out of it, like bobbles! I might make a few, as you mentioned, they would look pretty in a glass dish, although I think yours look so pretty because you have such pretty fabric and stitching!

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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 11:23 #116314

anne1 OFFLINE Posts: 895 Thank you received: 103	Definitely B Anne
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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 10:55 #116313

idaho OFFLINE Posts: 2531 Thank you received: 183	B ... seems to be right side up !! And those "bobbles" are really cute !! I can think of all kinds of little things to do with them !!
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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 10:20 #116309

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	Good for sewing in front of the tele pretending I am keeping the old man company
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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 10:18 #116308

loise98 OFFLINE Posts: 2932 Thank you received: 267	Thank you, Wendy. What a lovely thing to do with beautiful scraps of hand dyes! It breaks my heart not to make something beautiful out of even the smallest scrap.
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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 10:12 #116307

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I'm told it's Japanese for rag bobble. They were featured in Quilting Daily some years ago. My friend has taken it to the next level and does amazing embroidery and beads.

Anyway these are mine you cut circles of 2 1/2" 1 " and 1/2". Sew two 2 1/2" with running stitch stuff then sew the gap and blanket stitch over the raw edges. then add another circle to two and embroider.

They've no function except looking pretty and look great in a glass dish. My cats are eyeing them up

http://www.quiltingdaily.com/blogs/quilting-daily/archive/2012/08/28/hand-stitch-a-bevy-of-boro-bobbles.aspx

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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 08:25 #116304

Renata OFFLINE Posts: 2673 Thank you received: 260	Wendy, would you tell us more about boro bobbles? They're really pretty!
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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 06:15 #116301

loise98 OFFLINE Posts: 2932 Thank you received: 267	Your Boro Bobbles are beautiful either way. But I agree with Norma that B looks right side up.
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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 05:00 #116297

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	Thanks Norma I'll see if I can post your mug rug without confusing people
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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 04:17 #116295

Zarah OFFLINE Posts: 1526 Thank you received: 30	to me B is right
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Re: Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 03:33 #116294

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	A and B both look fine to me so I await your comment
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Boro bobbles uk or down under 09 Mar 2014 03:32 #116293

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	Can you help with me get my pics all the right way and say if A or B is right or wrong I will crack this A B
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