Posts Tagged ‘Japanese’
New Asian fabrics in stock, the classics: bamboo, cranes, koi and maneki-neko. What do they symbolize?
Japanese fabrics have been popular with my customers since the early years of my business. When I first started making bags it was great to be able to use fabrics that weren’t solid colors. During all the years I worked in factories making backpacks and bike gear, I mostly sewed black fabrics, with the occasional…
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Having grown up in England dragons are a familiar image. The patron saint of England is Saint George, famous slayer of a dragon. The flag of Wales has borne a red dragon since 1959. I like this representation of a dragon much more than the Saint George version. When I began making bags…
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