Plum Blossoms and Birds–Vegetable Dye Threads

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I have loved working on these plum blossoms and birds (uguisu) hanafukin tea towels, using 100% vegetable dye threads, hand dyed in small batches in Tokyo by Enneste.

My new pin cushion and sewing machine below. I don’t think the machine has improved my edges yet though.
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