Happy Valentines the BORO Style

For the first time in ages I can say I'm back to the land of living without the nasty flu again. A couple of visits to the doctor and sometime to rest and I would say I'm well again yay! Today I'd like to start on a brighter note to wish you lovely bloggers and friends out there a Happy Valentines Day for Monday! I would like to share LOVE all around this Valentines Day with my readers. Blogging has been fun for me and after 2 years I can happily say I have met and made many wonderful friends through blogging. I'm loving it!
At part of my Contemporary Weaving BORO online workshop with Jude Hill. We were weaving hearts in one form or another, and this is mine to share.

This is my Red Heart I did using scraps silk, satin, velvet and vintage silk for the background. The stitching give such a nice texture to the piece. I must say it took me 20 years of quilting to feel totally comfortable using raw edges. I'm glad to say that I have two quilting lives. One for the traditional and one for contemporary. I'm happy working on both concepts. BORO cloths are totally hand stitched.

Silk Study Tour piece. The best part of my travel always includes projects I take along to work on. We used to be away 6 weeks at a time and in some of those trips I appliquéd enough for a quilt. Sometimes I just take fabric and embroidery threads and do whatever idea I have while travelling. In my next trip with the Silk Study Tour I have prepared a basic SST cloth to take with me. I have already put the moon on there. The moon reminds me of Glennis (Shibori Girl). I will add Sakura (cherry blossom) flowers somewhere on there too. I'm not sure the trees will still be in bloom when we get there. At least I have them here on my cloth!

Another BORO woven piece I did for the class assignment. It was weaving without foundation. I don't have the right frame to use for this assignment, so I used a shoe box as a loom. I called this piece 'Namaste' to remind me of Kathmandu, Nepal where the silk tie came from.

I un-stitched it to open up the tie, and made slits in the large part of the tie. I didn't cut it right through; only as much as I needed. I then used mixed scraps of silk to weave with. I then appliquéd with a Buddha figure I cut out from a scarf and stitched all over it. After that I folded the tie back in shape again. Some people in class suggested I use it as a scarf. It's a lovely, soft piece. The stitching gives it a lovely texture. The stitching on the BORO pieces completes the work. 

I have posted these on the class blog this past week so some of you from there would have seen them already. 

Have a good weekend all where ever you are.