Saori weaving in Mola applique style

Noreen Crone-Findlay — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:18:47 +0000

Last summer, my dear friend, Terri went to Japan to participate in some wonderful Saori weaving events.

She brought back this lovely bag:

The butterfly outline was satin stitched with the weaving behind the cotton. Then the black cotton was carefully cut away to reveal the weaving.

This is a variation on Mola or San Blas appliqué technique.

Terry made a lovely T shirt using this technique….. here’s the link: Terri’s dragonfly shirt

and a neat shirt that has a woven appliqué image of the map of Salt Spring Island: Map shirt

I think that this is a great way to use treasured bits of weaving or embroidery or other fabric fragments.

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