Japanese folk textiles blog
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Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Zokins
Zokins have been used for centuries in Japanese homes, temples, and schools to hand clean wooden floors and tatami mats. Zokins were made from layered pieces of old fabric held together with sashiko stitching. They were boro patched regularly as holes appeared, reused again and again.
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