Assembling a Japanese Rice Bag with Vintage Fabrics – Part 2

Assembling the Japanese Rice Bag

In Part 1 of my Japanese Rice Bag tutorial, I showed you how to piece together thrifted and vintage Japanese fabrics and then use Boro Stitching / Kantha Stitching to add interesting textures. In Part 2, I show you how to bring together all of the pieces to create this beautiful and delightfully handy bag.

This bag has a lot of meaning to me as a stitcher of Japanese-American heritage. I was thrilled to include a piece of fabric that I inherited from my mother as well as rediscovering the classic beauty of Japanese fabrics.

I also discovered how quick and simple it was to stitch this rice bag. I hand=stitched this bag but it would come together so quickly if you used a sewing machine. This bag pattern was based on something I found online a long time ago. I apologize that I cannot track down the original source.

There is still so much more to stitch and discover. Please join me in this creative journey and let’s make something beautiful together!

TOOLS

• Embroidery Needle
• Scissor