Boro Inspired Layered Mending with Wendy Arbeit

  • 03 Nov 2023
  • 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Downtown Art Center, Orange Room, 1041 Nuuanu Ave., Second Floor, Honolulu, HI 96817
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Join us for Boro Inspired Layered Mending with Wendy Arbeit.

Boro is back in style! Learn about layered mending of tattered materials or "boro," as rags are known in Japan. Stitch and patch fabric using techniques first practiced centuries ago by the very poorest Japanese to extend the life of their ragged, hemp clothing.

We will first introduce you to the history and culture that inspired the boro aesthetic of today. And then, using only the running stitch in lines, arcs, or circles, we’ll work up layers of fabric with holes and slits to form wall decorations or enhance garments.


What? You don’t have any clothing with holes or slits? No problem, you’ll learn a few techniques used to tatter textiles. We’ll practice on new pieces of fabric layered with old and apply them to tote bags.

This class is open to all with no experience required.

All materials are provided. There will be a $10 supply fee paid to the instructor on the day of class. The fee includes a canvas tote bag, fabric, sashiko thread, needles and pins. Feel free to bring your own fabric or projects.

What to bring:

  • $10 supply fee
  • Scissors 
  • Hammer
  • Fabric (optional)


Instructor Bio

Wendy Arbeit received an MA in Art from Columbia University. She started making crafts from an early age and continued after her degree by learning the traditional arts of beading, back-strap weaving, basket making, and twining from Iroquois, Mexican, and Pacific island people. She learned sashiko and temari from Japanese books at a time when none were available in English and kumihimo at a Japan-sponsored program.

She has written four traditional-craft related books, What Are Fronds For? a manual for plaiting coconut fronds; Baskets in Polynesia, a survey of central Polynesian baskets; Tapa in Tonga, an introduction to Tongan barkcloth; and finally the award-winning, Links to the Past: the Work of Early Hawaiian Artisans, a compendium of 1000 objects made within 50 years of Western contact.

Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui members receive a discounted class fee. If you are interested in becoming a member please click HERE.

This class is open to adults, and minors ages 12-17 when accompanied by a parent or guardian. If you are interested in taking the class with your child, please register online and add your child as a guest. Those registering for a Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui class may add one guest based on availability.

We require a minimum of three participants for each class. A full refund will be issued to those registered, if class is cancelled by Hawaiʻi Handweavers’ Hui. Refunds for class registration cancellation by participant will be issued in full only if the cancellation is made more than 14 days before the class begins.

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