Drawing inspiration from the Korean hanbok, Karl Lagerfeld reinterprets the traditional jacket for Chanel. The result is a patchwork-esque, kaleidoscopic explosion of bright colours, where fuchsia pink, coral, celadon, turquoise and royal blue melt into woven tweeds and textured cotton, as well as shantung and lace. Delicate florals are married with marquetry-style embroideries and the...
Patchwork shows such attention to detail and I love the translucence of this work - so perfectly sized.
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Dave, Guide Dog for the Color Blind, and I are hard at work on a new Super Shopper. He graciously weighed in on my preliminary color choices, made a few changes, and the two of us came up with this mix: I think he might have chosen that blue on top because it matches his eyes... but since the recipient is also a Sibe owner, I don't think it will be an issue. I quilted the exterior pockets yesterday and got the outside panels pieced. Here is a look at the pockets: I love the icy blue and hot green mix! More on the Super Shopper in the days to come! I thought I'd take today to start my virtual quilt show. I'm going to start with what's in my dining room and make my way around the house. Here are two to start! This is an original design - a Korean Hanbok mini! Korean Hanbok Mini Quilt, approximately 7.75" x 10.5" While living in Korea ('94-96), I attended a special function where I got to wear a traditional hanbok. If you're thinking they look like loose, comfortable gowns - think again. At the time, I was about a size 8 (sigh....) and it was all I could do to breathe. Honestly. The undergarments are lung-crushers. It was a great experience, though; all the silks were so beautiful and soft and oh, the COLORS! And a great way to learn about the Korean culture. Anyway, I made a few different minis from my pattern and gave them to some special friends while there. At the time, I was also starting to experiment with bias press bars, seeing how small I could go, and some of my quilting buddies and I were also playing around with yo-yos - so I thought I should see how small I could make a yo-yo. When I made myself a Korean Hanbok Mini... I incorporated both: The bias strip (black with gold stars) is about an eighth of an inch, finished, and the yo-yos are just shy of a half of an inch across. I think I won the unofficial "how small can you go" contest. :) The Korean Hanbok Mini is hand appliquéd (using a blanket stitch on the Korean woman) and hand quilted. Hanging right below that quilt is another I made while in Korea. I call it Pansy Star: Pansy Star I didn't use a pattern, just played around with how I chose the fabrics while making some paper pieced "square in a square" blocks, put them together, then set that on point. The whole (mini) quilt is about 14 square inches. I love pansies and just fell in love with the pansy fabric in the quilt! The dark purple fabric of the center star and the first border is a favorite fabric I bought in Korea - you've seen it in a few of my bags! :) Here's the back: I wish I'd used a plainer fabric on the back, so my stitches show more. Oh well. Live and learn. It's hand quilted. I designed the label and hand inked it. That's all for now. Off to the Studio to sew and watch college football! Thanks for reading!
Lately, I keep seeing this certain kind of window cover that looks like a transparent linen quilt. I love it. Apparently it is the Korean art of pojagi. Bojagi or bo for short (also pojagi or boj…
I have for many years been interested in Korean patchwork where the seams in transparent cloth are an integral part of abstract designs. I made this door curtain for my previous flat, printing images of gum leaves onto silk organza using the computer and trapping silk leaves between 2 layers. I used French seams on the machine to join the pieces (not knowing how it was done 'properly' - it turns out this is one of the methods used) When I was in Japan with Susan Briscoe in 2006, I bought Pojagi books (in Japanese but very clear diagrams) , a couple of kits and old kimonos in lightweight gauzy fabric which looked like they'd be a suitable substitute for the hemps that are used. I'd heard from Australian quilters who'd been involved in workshops and collaborative projects with Chunghie Lee what an inspiration she was and certainly the pieces I'd seen in the V&A sparked my interest further. I joined the Surface Design Association as I knew she'd taught at their conferences and hoped to get to one someday. So I was delighted to see that she was coming with an exhibition to the Festival of Quilts - and that she would be teaching a masterclass. I signed up as soon as booking opened - it involved a long day trip by train but worth it. For the class, Chunghie had brought along a selection of old and new pojagi (po-jah-ki) wrapping cloths and our first task was to learn how to wrap items and tie them properly -ingenious and so practical as well as beautiful. I coveted the older ones of handwoven hemp in cream and indigo. She had samples of all the different seam techniques ( including the equivalent of fell seams). The most interesting and what gave the thinnest, stiffest 'line'were the triple stitched 'kekki' seams. The different methods were systematically taught and we settled down to the quiet rhythm of stitching - a silent hour resulting in a real connection with cloth. Years ago I used to to be able to stitch finely but with concentrating on large dramatic stitches in my quilts, I've lost the knack. My stitching did improve over the day , especially after I'd shown Chunghie my best efforts and asked whether it was small enough-'Not really' she replied. At workshops I'm always the one that spreads out and invades other peoples space no matter how much I aim to control it. Chunghie was realistic is saying that although it was a masterclass, she didn't expect masterpieces . It will take some time to practice and perfect the techniques but I have several ideas of what I'd like to produce - I'm particularly interested in a variations in blacks and dark colours, maybe in degrees of opacity. Having bought a copy of the 'Pojagi and Beyond' I'm starting to think of how I could achieve 3d sculptural pieces. I also went to her lecture - besides a brief history, the main emphasis was on students work( a taster can be seen on this video clip from Rhode Island School of Design). Most of the students did not have textile backgrounds and they brought an invigorating approach to the pieces produced .The collaborative project with the Silk Road Ensemble looked particularly interesting - I'll think of the huge indigo banners when I next listen to the CD. Also in the talk Chunghie showed some of her own work in varied exhibitions and installations. It was fascinating to see the same pieces that were in her gallery at FoQ hung in different locations and formats. The combination of homage to traditional techniques and the 'unknown women' who made them , with a rigorous art school aesthetic makes a very powerful statement. More please!!
Fresh, modern quilt designs and beginner-friendly explanations of improvisational quilting. Follow my everyday sewing and quilting adventures.
One time, not so long ago, I was intrigued by some pictures that were like stained glass, but made with mostly irregular blocks and random shapes of fabric.
Fresh, modern quilt designs and beginner-friendly explanations of improvisational quilting. Follow my everyday sewing and quilting adventures.
My paintbox quilt-along top is finished, and I couldn't be happier with it! I'm going to call it my "Kaffe Crayon Box" from now on because I just love crayons and coloring books, and I never was much of a painting kind of girl. When I was a child, one of my favorite Christmas gifts was a box of 64 Crayola crayons with the built-in sharpener. Do you remember when that was the biggest box you could get? With the crayons all lined up neatly in four "stadium" style inserts? And when my daughters were little I would drop anything and everything for the chance to color with them. These photos in front of my patio door with the bright June sunshine behind are so saturated with vibrant color! I'm doing some scheming for a backing right now. Originally I was thinking of using one of Kaffe's circular or curvy prints for the entire backing. But in keeping with the theme of crayons, I've now decided to piece a backing... can you guess what it might be? I need to give a big "THANK YOU" shout-out to Jennie and Paige for their suggestions on an alternate method to add the sashing. The results are so precise! I wanted my blocks to line up as perfectly as possible on this quilt, so the sashing pieces were added to the left and bottom sides of each block before sewing all the blocks together. You can see in the photo below that all the Kona Charcoal sashing is pieced around the blocks, which is a slightly different method than the instructions from Elizabeth at Oh, Fransson!... This is the first online quilt-along that I have participated in, and it was so well organized, documented, and planned out by Oh, Fransson! Thanks to Elizabeth for all the time and effort she put into this project, and Thanks to Andrea for telling me about it! Have a lovely June afternoon and Happy Quilting!
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by Misik Kim It was a great pleasure to read the posts you wrote for me. This opportunity was a chance for me to think about...
Reversible patchwork is possible with this special seam. Make window hangings that look like stained glass or table linens without the bulk of quilts.
chunghi lee (korean) fabric assemblage 1999(raw hemp, cloth, stitched) from the collection of jack lenor larsen photo scanned from the book- jack lenor larsen, creator and collectorby an eclectic ecc
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A pojagi (noun) is a wrapping cloth, but it also refers to a whole collection of sewing techniques by both hand and machine.
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When Marian from Seamstobesew asked me to participate in her blog hop "A Fresh Snow Hop"and show sewing with non cotton fabrics I was absolutely sure what to share with you . This is totally different from traditional quilt - first because of fabrics and second - because of specific way of constructing the finished item. Have you ever heard about pojagi - the Korean patchwork? It is also known as bojagi. When I have seen a curtain made this technique I felt in love. I have sewn a similar curtain six years ago. The fabrics I used then was not transparent, but there is a lamp behind the curtain so the effect was the same. Now I tried sewing pojagi with different fabrics and I am satisfied with the result too much. All you need is transparent fabrics. As a real quilter you have to have a lot of patience. You might read some tutorials after Google searching or read my step by step detailed instructions. Here is the fabric. It is fine linen specially for curtain. The good news is that both sides are the same. Get two pieces. You have to stitch them by "french seam" - no face, no backside for the finished item. Before stitching them see how to place proper- with a little gap - about 1/3 inch. In traditional piecing if you work with 1/4 inch seam allowances you need 1/2 inch extra fabric when stitch together two pieces. It is good to know that here you must provide ONE INCH extra fabric - 1/3 inch from first fabric and 2/3 inch from second fabric. After stitching iron as shown. First towards one side and then to make an auxiliary fold on the back. Now the next stitching is very easy. Finished look of this stage, Keep in mind that now both side are different - one seam on the first and two seams on another. Use different threads if want to increase the effect. Here we don't have a quilting so contrasting thread is quite welcome. Be brave to experiment. Repeat the same way with other pieces no matter the size and color. Trim the exceed if needed. Good luck! Don't forget to visit future participants, here is the schedule: Jan 20 Jane’s Quilting Lulu & Celeste Quilt In Piece 3Patch Crafts Jan 23 Quilted Fabric Art Sew Many Yarns Ravellry Bdieges Jan 24 Elm Street Quilts Resourceful Mama MooseStash Quilting Any Pattern SeaCoast Quilter Jan 25 Life in the Scrapatch Bumbleberry Stitches Elizabeth Coughlin Designs Seams To Be Sew
Lined pojagi is actually quite easy to do. In rough Korean, this stitch is called “gim chim zhiel”. Seam allowances are not finished since the finished product is lined with another p…
A pojagi (noun) is a wrapping cloth, but it also refers to a whole collection of sewing techniques by both hand and machine.
One of the highlights of being in NYC was getting to spend a day with Helen . She came all the way from Long Island to attend the ...
Pojagi scarves, headbands and cafe curtains are all in various stages of done in my studio... and I'm enjoying playing with this technique. I've had a few emails over the past days asking for the tutorial, so here goes: *Cut two squares of fabric any size *Place one fabric (green in the photo) face up on your work surface. Position the fabric (orange in photo) 1/4" below the first fabric, right sides together. *Sew a scant 1/4" seam, aligned to the top (orange) fabric edge. *With a hot iron and a spritz of spray starch, press the piece OPEN with the seam allowances toward the top fabric. In the model, that would mean that the green seam allowance would be covering the orange seam allowance entirely. *Fold the top seam allowance over the bottom seam allowance and press with another spritz of spray starch. *Lastly, with a hem stitch foot (Bernina #5 or 10) and the needle position over two clicks to the left, top stitch the hem in place. The above photo shows the official "back" of the piece with both lines of stitching showing. I like this side best. *Keep in mind when you design a piece with Pojagi seams, that one seam allowance (the bottom fabric) is 1/2", while the other seam allowance is 1/4". This can make a big difference over the course of a project, and you have to plan accordingly. If you don't alternate which piece you position as the bottom or top, you can come up with a final shape that is not the desired size... or you can just "wing it" and trim the pieces to fit...
Blogged here Two tutorials on sewing machine stitched Pojagi seams here
Pojagi is a traditional Korean form of patchwork used to make wrapping clothes and ceremonial items. It is pieced using a special technique than encloses all raw edges so that the finished item is lovely from both sides. This patchwork is not layered with batting and back and is not quilted. When placed against the light, which highlights the seams, this type of patchwork is especially beautiful. Although traditionally pieced by hand using a variety of stitches and methods, I've tried my hand at machine pieced pojagi in the past. More recently, I've discovered that the use of a flat fell foot speeds up the process quite a bit, eliminating several steps. If you'd like to learn this technique, while exploring improv piecing, join me for a Machine Pieced Pojagi class at the Overland Park Bernina store on March 4th. Contact the store for more details. For lots of pojagi inspiration, you can peruse my Pojagi Pinterest board.
