Jill Bowman

Jill Bowman
Wellington
Bojagi

I have been quilting for about 30 years and started, like most quilters, doing traditional quilts. I now generally make quilts of my own design, experimenting with different techniques, but I usually include some hand stitching on them. 

I took part in the challenge as a way of giving myself permission to prioritise some art or stitching every day rather than thinking I needed to finish other things before I could. I planned to collect something every day and use that as a basis for my work but the restrictions of working from home during lockdown meant that my sewing room became my office and I didn’t have easy access to all the equipment I needed. 

Bojagi with the light coming through

So, after a few frustrating days, I decided to make a bojagi. I didn’t have much organza but, inspired by Sara Cook’s beautiful book, I decided to use cotton fabrics and hand topstitch the French seams flat. 

Closeup showing the topstitching

I could push my laptop aside during the weekend to machine sew blocks and then hand stitch during the week. I managed to sew on 98 of the 100 days, and timed the completion of the bojagi perfectly. 

Closeup with the light behind the bojagi

While the project was, in some ways, less experimental than I had intended, I enjoyed being creative with my colourful fabrics and a huge variety of sizes of rectangles (which provided challenges when I came to put everything together). 

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  1. Grandma BNovember 21, 2020 at 8:45 PM

    I too have had the book out from the library several times. I love your piece.

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