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| A seventeenth century gaming purse. |
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| A depiction of a treasure bag. |
The style is based on a seventeenth century gaming purse, but it reminds me of a Japanese treasure bag too–truly a case of East meeting West.
For the base, I've used a little of the heavy blue cotton I had left over from my fisherman's smock, while the body is made from one of Patrick's old linen shirts. But it is the lining I love best–a beautiful piece of cream, lilac and ruby silk that was once a kimono sleeve. As for the Shashiko, I've kept it simple–a hemp leaf on the base, and a band of crosses on the body.
Let's just hope those much too vigorously applied chalk marks eventually disappear!
Elizabeth,
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Looking good!
ReplyDeleteI have a book on Sweet Bags (by Jacqui Carey) and it is full of inspiration for these highly decorative bags.
The Japanese 'shifuku', a bag for storing the tea caddy in tea ceremony must also be a source of inspiration for the bag craze you see in Japanese quilt magazines.
Your bag will be just as lovely!
http://japanese-tea-ceremony.net/utensils.html if you want to read more