重ねる (Kasaneru) — Salvaged
Awaseru — To bring together, match, or join separate pieces so they fit as one cohesive unit creating harmony.
No. 5 in Harmonious Imperfection, a closed series of seven wearable originals..
This is the most boro of the seven. Cloth is laid over cloth and patched again, small squares of reclaimed denim framed and stitched down onto pale ground until the layers become the design. Nested diamonds and scattered flower stitches move in blue across natural linen, and one passage is worked tone on tone, white thread on white cloth, so the pattern reveals itself only as the light shifts. Boro outline stitching draws every accumulated seam into one.
A study in Textile Architecture, this piece is built to be worn. The face is composed of reclaimed Eileen Fisher garments, reassembled by hand in the boro tradition. The reverse is draping muslin drawn from our own studio, given renewed purpose rather than discarded. Hand sashiko runs through both layers as it has for centuries, functioning not as surface ornament but as structure. The stitching holds the work together. The stitching is the architecture.
Constructed through improv machine patchwork, boro outline stitching, and hand sashiko worked in both hitomezashi and moyouzashi. High-end cotton thread throughout. Every seam is deliberate; nothing is wasted. This is Mottainai made wearable.
The details:
Dimensions: 6" × 70"
Front: reclaimed Eileen Fisher garment fabrics (light denim, linen, cotton, hemp)
Back: reclaimed studio draping muslin
Technique: improv machine patchwork, boro outline stitching, hand sashiko (hitomezashi and moyouzashi)
Year: 2026
Includes a signed Certificate of Authenticity documenting the piece and its place in the closed series of seven
Care: Hand wash cold, dry flat, iron as necessary.
Want to see how pieces like this come together from the scrap pile up? We share the messy, joyful process over on our Patreon.
重ねる (Kasaneru) — Salvaged
Awaseru — To bring together, match, or join separate pieces so they fit as one cohesive unit creating harmony.
No. 5 in Harmonious Imperfection, a closed series of seven wearable originals..
This is the most boro of the seven. Cloth is laid over cloth and patched again, small squares of reclaimed denim framed and stitched down onto pale ground until the layers become the design. Nested diamonds and scattered flower stitches move in blue across natural linen, and one passage is worked tone on tone, white thread on white cloth, so the pattern reveals itself only as the light shifts. Boro outline stitching draws every accumulated seam into one.
A study in Textile Architecture, this piece is built to be worn. The face is composed of reclaimed Eileen Fisher garments, reassembled by hand in the boro tradition. The reverse is draping muslin drawn from our own studio, given renewed purpose rather than discarded. Hand sashiko runs through both layers as it has for centuries, functioning not as surface ornament but as structure. The stitching holds the work together. The stitching is the architecture.
Constructed through improv machine patchwork, boro outline stitching, and hand sashiko worked in both hitomezashi and moyouzashi. High-end cotton thread throughout. Every seam is deliberate; nothing is wasted. This is Mottainai made wearable.
The details:
Dimensions: 6" × 70"
Front: reclaimed Eileen Fisher garment fabrics (light denim, linen, cotton, hemp)
Back: reclaimed studio draping muslin
Technique: improv machine patchwork, boro outline stitching, hand sashiko (hitomezashi and moyouzashi)
Year: 2026
Includes a signed Certificate of Authenticity documenting the piece and its place in the closed series of seven
Care: Hand wash cold, dry flat, iron as necessary.
Want to see how pieces like this come together from the scrap pile up? We share the messy, joyful process over on our Patreon.
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