Combine the excitement and beauty of botanical printing with the peaceful joy of hand stitching in the boro (mending) tradition. We’ll learn, forage, and print with local plants at the beautiful MISA island campus for the first three days of the workshop and then combine some of our printed fabrics with hand stitching to make a fiber art piece for the wall or to wear. During the printing portion of the workshop we’ll explore a range of approaches to transferring botanical forms and images onto natural fabrics and will learn all about how to do this beautifully, safely, effectively, and securely. During the hand-stitching portion of the workshop we will learn about hand stitching and mending in the Japanese boro tradition and will apply those techniques to our beautifully printed fabrics. Stitch techniques, supplies, and variations will all be explored.