These "Boro Bobbles" are yet another fun way to use up every bit of scrap shot cotton, because I just can not bear to let any go to waste!
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Their inspiration is a continuation of my ongoing love affair with look of old, patched cloth, and the belief in "waste not want not", (which I first heard uttered as a young girl, from the lips of my Grandmother, as she showed me how to braid long strips of left over wool material and then sew them into small rag rugs).
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The Boro Bobbles also found their muse by the look of crocheted 'Granny Circles' with their charming, various colored circles playing against each other. (I've been in a mood to crochet lately, but am resisting the urge as I am trying to stay focused on stitching fabric... I get side tracked too easily... so instead I stayed the course, and challenged myself to be
inspired by crochet and try to re-interpret / re-invent, it in cloth. ).
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They are double sided, so each side is the right side. The edges were left raw to show off the beautiful colored fray of the shot cottons.
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The Boro Bobbles can be stitched onto other items for embellishment, used as beads or buttons, incorporated into jewelry design, strung together, dangled, or simply sit pretty in a vintage glass bowl as shown above! I have some posted in my
shop in groups of three and will be posting more as I make them.
I've also been stitching some new Remnants....
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Remnants
#6 (on the top) and
#8 (on the bottom).
And...
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Remnants
#7 (on the bottom) and
#9 (on the top).
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One more thing... To my Hubby...
Happy 24th Anniversary!