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Square Drawstring Bag With Boro Style Decoration
By: Julie Nyanyo from Sum of their Stories
Updated April 25, 2023 
Square Drawstring Bag With Boro Style Decoration
"A square drawstring bag, otherwise known as a Komebukuro or Japanese rice bag is a little more complicated to make than a basic drawstring bag but is still simple enough to be attempted by someone without lots and lots of sewing experience. These bags have a lovely fat shape and can be decorated in any way you like.
I used a simple boro style that uses small pieces of scrap fabric and just a couple of very easy hand stitches. You can, of course, skip the embellishment step and just make a sweet square komebukuro bag from a beautiful fabric that you’d like to showcase."
Project TypeMake a Project
Time to CompleteWeekend project
Sewn byBoth Hand and Machine
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