Showing posts with label Vietnamese fabric. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnamese fabric. Show all posts

Friday, 11 April 2014

Fave fabric Friday

Fridays come around quickly!

This Friday's fave fabric is a piece that I picked up on a trip to Vietnam many years ago. I bought it in the hills of Sapa, in Northern Vietnam. There is so much work involved in it, using a combination of techniques including embroidery, printing and appliqué.

I wasn't sure what to do with it for a long time. I wanted to make it into bags, but was loathe to cut it up. In the end I used some of it for making bags and the rest I stretched over a canvas and hung it on the wall in my home. It is now sitting beautifully with my Japanese kokeshi doll collection.

You can see the clutch bags I made with the fabric here and here.






Saturday, 23 November 2013

A Vietnamese gem

I love using my Japanese fabrics, but every now and then I like to try something different. This clutch bag is made from a beautiful Vietnamese fabric that I bought from one of the hill tribes in Sapa, Northern Vietnam. I couldn't give up on the kimono aspect completely so used a red, white and blue kimono fabric for the lining.

You can find it on my Etsy store here.





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