Into the Blue pillows It measures 7" × 81"

It measures 7" × 81"

All of the stitches you see on the outside were sewn either by the original repairer or by me

Into the Blue came together in my Brooklyn studio from antique Japanese cotton fabrics dating to the late 1800s and early 1900s

I wanted to let that pattern hold the focus here

Second Shift began with a pair of vintage French workwear pants in heavy cotton

Into the Blue pillows It measures 7" × 81"Into the Blue came together in my Brooklyn studio from antique Japanese cotton fabrics dating to the late 1800s and early 1900s, including katazome resist dyed indigo and bengala iron oxide dyed cloth. One side carries a repeating hawk pattern that I had never come across before. The other is a lighter blue indigo fabric with a large patch of the same hawk textile. I added the sashiko style embellishment myself. In all my years of collecting, I had