Crusted Crest pillows Carry Through transforms a pair

Carry Through transforms a pair of vintage French chore pants in black moleskin with repairs unlike any I had seen before

also known as sumizome

and the two pieces of moleskin sewn together give it a weight of 15

and what stayed with me was the amount of original mending still present in the fabric

and the worn areas where the darker indigo shows through

Crusted Crest pillows Carry Through transforms a pairCrusted Crest began as four separate tsutsugaki panels that I sewed back together. Theyre dyed with bengala iron oxide, which is what first caught my attention. Its rare to find tsutsugaki panels dyed this way, and the color really drew me in. I was especially drawn to the tattered areas, particularly around the family crest. The fabric is so worn that I imagine it must have been hung outside for years to reach that level of distress. Theres something