Japanese Rice Bag

 

Japanese rice bags, also known as komebukuro, are traditional drawstring bags used to store rice. These bags are typically made from cotton or silk and are often beautifully decorated.

Recently I have become interested in the  art of Japanese crafting. I enjoy hand sewing actually more than machine at times. This is one side....The patches are stitched in the Boro style.

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  This is the other decorative side. The bag is 4 sides and bottom of equal size. The end of the drawstring are origami tulip style. Rice bags are important for the Japanese New Year to hold offerings. back into the swinThe bags are believed to bring good luck and prosperity to the household. I chose to keep my stitching simple.

I know.... you are surprised at a post so soon. I am trying to get back into the swing of things. Glad you stopped by today. thank you for your kind words and encouragement. Thank you for your friendship.

Sometimes.....

 Sometimes we just need a kick in the behind. Sometimes it just takes a caring note. Sometimes just someone asking if you are okay. That just happened just a few minutes ago. I checked my email and there it was. A note asking if I am okay..."checking on you because I care"...... why? I have not been blogging.  It actually brought me to tears to feel so loved by a  friend whom I have never met. Except through the blogging world. We are a caring group of people though. Vickie, thank you from the bottom of my heart. When I stopped doing cross stitch, I got lax with my blog. Do not know why..... I keep very busy making and creating daily. My interests have moved to hand stitching and quilting. No reason why I should not share that with the blogging world. 

Of course I still get in trouble. Just last the other day I burned my right index finger on my Clover iron...which was heated to 520 degrees!

Oh the pain!!!! The Brother Alan , the doctor, pierced it and let it drain and it felt better. Now the very dry area is starting to peal. I have tucked that iron back into the craft closet...way back in the closet!!!

I will post the projects that I have been working on in a few days...no, no..... not all at once, a few at a time.  I have been interested in Japanese needlework/ sewing, quilting and hand stitching in general. Right now I am working on an EPP patchwork Dog...actually 2 of them.

Thank you for stopping by today, thank you for your friendship.