巻 No. Ⅶ Tōhoku Field Notes
襤 褛  ·  B O R O
One Patch at a Time Mended Edition
An Indigo Almanac 惜 物

Mended, not discarded.

A quiet system built from worn indigo cotton — overlapping patches, dashed ecru seams, and dense hand-stitch grids. Every surface is woven cloth: matte, layered, mended by hand across long winters in the cold north.

Kon-iro ground
Japan blue
Sun-faded asagi
Madder mend

Stitched in Sendai · Spring Field notes on threadwork, thrift, and the slow accumulation of cloth — a long-form journal for menders, weavers, and patient hands.

This is the Sashiko Boro design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Sashiko Boro guide → designbycurio.com/learn/sashiko-boro-mending