I took some free online classes called Making Zen 2025. A lot of the classes are about fabric projects or stitching projects. There were a few mixed media and journal classes as well. It was hard to pick which ones I wanted to do in the 24 hour period…there were 6 classes a day on each of the 5 days.
One of the classes was taught by Jody Alexander. She showed how to make a tsunobukuro or folded bag. It was very interesting to learn how to fold the fabric to get the right shape. I made myself a little paper model to help.
I used a shibori dyed linen napkin and embellished it with scraps of shibori dyed cotton and kimono fabrics. The closure is twisted fabric that I learned here a few years ago.
You can close it either direction but here is what I am calling the front.
AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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Thanks…the stitching is actually holding the bag together and keeping the fringe from fringing too much. It is supposed to be entirely sewn by hand, but it didn’t feel sturdy enough for me so I machine stitched the back seam.
I did some internet research and found that these bags actually are meant to tie together and are a bit more squatty (?). I’ll play with the pattern a bit because I think the tie bag would be nice to wrap up small gifts and still be useable as a bag after. I also found how you can square the bottom to make it sit up. Lots of possibilities!
