Boro bobbles uk or down under

[wendy w.]

Can you help with me get my pics all the right way and say if A or B is right or wrong I will crack this :lol:

A


B

[wendy w.]

A and B both look fine to me so I await your comment

[Norma H.]

to me B is right

[wendy w.]

Thanks Norma I'll see if I can post your mug rug without confusing people

[Lois B.]

Your Boro Bobbles are beautiful either way. But I agree with Norma that B looks right side up.

[Renata L.]

Wendy, would you tell us more about boro bobbles? They're really pretty!

[wendy w.]

I'm told it's Japanese for rag bobble. They were featured in Quilting Daily some years ago. My friend has taken it to the next level and does amazing embroidery and beads.

Anyway these are mine you cut circles of 2 1/2" 1 " and 1/2". Sew two 2 1/2" with running stitch stuff then sew the gap and blanket stitch over the raw edges. then add another circle to two and embroider.

They've no function except looking pretty and look great in a glass dish. My cats are eyeing them up :roll:

http://www.quiltingdaily.com/blogs/q...o-bobbles.aspx

[Lois B.]

Thank you, Wendy. What a lovely thing to do with beautiful scraps of hand dyes! It breaks my heart not to make something beautiful out of even the smallest scrap.

[wendy w.]

Good for sewing in front of the tele pretending I am keeping the old man company

[E.M. T.]

B ... seems to be right side up !! And those "bobbles" are really cute !! I can think of all kinds of little
things to do with them !!

[ANNE E.]

Definitely B
Anne

[Renata L.]

Thanks, Wendy! Yup, it sounds like the Japanese boro you described. In Japan a whole fad has come out of a centuries-old custom of peasants continuing to patch clothing and passing them down... so if you have a small patch of fabric too good to waste, which is what boro refers to, you can still make something pretty out of it, like bobbles! I might make a few, as you mentioned, they would look pretty in a glass dish, although I think yours look so pretty because you have such pretty fabric and stitching!

[wendy w.]

Interesting Renata do post pics if you make some

B it is then, I've posted Norma's mug rug and I don't think anyone has a crick in their neck

[wendy w.]

No cricks--I think you have it--now if can remember what you did for next time(ask me how I know this could be a problem ops: ).

[wendy w.]

Yey! well done Wendy, I am sooo pleased I don't have to try & learn how to do handstands -- all you need now is a nice big sticker across the front saying 'This Way Up' :wink: :P