Hi from chilly Tokyo!

Today, I'd like to introduce a pair items of ours, a set of pillow covers, made from Nagoya Obi-belt that originally belonged to a grandmonther of a friend of mine. The Obi is more than 90 years ago and one of the kind item, so we had a good discussion how we try to rebirth this Obi.

After some discussion with my friend, I decided to make smaller pillow covers. What I did first was untied the thread from the Obi and made a cloth out of it. Then gently hand-washed and ironed it. BTW, the Obi is 100% fine silk so it did take a courage to wash and iron as you can imagine... Then, think about the best pattern and took another courage to cut the Obi into the pillow cover square shape me imaginating the best pattern of the Obi is shown beatifully on the front of the pillows. Lots of courage and effort. Hope you like them as we do.

They are now available at our shop. Enjoy shopping with us at BARRIQUE TOKYO! Chieko, Shop Curator & Producer

 

 

 

 

こんにちは。12月に入って東京も寒くなってきましたね。

今回は、お客様のお祖母様が締めていたというお気に入りの名古屋帯。

形に残るような物に作り直して欲しいとのリクエスト。

約90年前の名古屋帯。相談した結果、小ぶりのクッションカバーにしました。

 

まずは・・・帯をほどきます。思い切って水洗いしアイロン掛け。

柄位置を考えて、裁断。織りの帯の裏には糸が無数に通ってますので、引っかからないように接着芯を貼ります。裏面は、ファスナーも付けます。

（見えないようにね）クッション２個完成！

喜んで頂けるかな？

 

barriquetokyo shopにて、クッションも出品してます。のぞいてみてくださいませ。