Komebukuro - hemp katazome patchwork bag stripe The jacket is made from

The jacket is made from a wonderful assortment of indigo dyed cottons which have been layered and held together with hundreds of sashiko stitches to reinforce

or rice bag that has been hand dyed and embroidered with sashiko thread

bed covers

Beautiful variegated indigo cottons used for the sakiori ground

The katazome fabric employs a pattern of kiku or chrysanthemum flowers

Komebukuro - hemp katazome patchwork bag stripe The jacket is made fromRustic piecework komebukuro with indigo katazome on hemp. These drawstring bags were typically used to carry offerings of rice to Japanese temples or shrines. The word literally means rice (kome) bag (bukuro). Early 1900's