THE CLOTH REMEMBERS
Kantha, Boro and Botanical Repair Stitch Studies
A two-volume digital art book set by Ridvan Yusein, published by Stitchesly.
This collection brings together 80 paired studies in drawing, cloth, botanical form and visible repair. Every study begins with an original drawing and continues as an embroidered textile interpretation. The two images are designed to be read together: line beside thread, open paper beside worn cloth, botanical structure beside patch, seam or darn.
The result is not a conventional pattern book. It is a quiet visual archive for people who want to study how repair can become composition, memory and material attention.
What you will receive
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Volume I: Traces, Patches and First Repairs
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Volume II: Garments, Keepsakes and Inherited Cloth
- 2 high-resolution downloadable PDF files
- 100 pages in each volume; 200 pages in total
- 80 paired studies
- 160 full-page artwork plates: 80 drawings and 80 textile interpretations
- English-language editorial content
- Portrait US Letter format: 8.5 × 11 inches
- Suitable for screen reading and personal printing
Volume I — Traces, Patches and First Repairs
Studies 01–40
Volume I follows the first visual language of repair through currents, roots, botanical paths, patch geometry, reinforcement, weather, field, edge, seam and scar. Four sections move from the first line crossing an open surface to the point where cloth begins to reveal its pressure, loss and continuation.
- Currents and Living Lines
- Patch and Reinforcement
- Graft, Weather and Field
- Edge, Seam and Scar
Volume II — Garments, Keepsakes and Inherited Cloth
Studies 41–80
Volume II moves into darning structures, garments, household cloths, keepsakes, quilts and inherited textiles. Repairs are located in pockets, hems, shoulders, table linens, curtains, sari fragments, travel cloths and complete botanical fields. The sequence ends with larger compositions in which patch, scar, reserve and stitch operate together.
- Darn, Weave and Structure
- Garment, Table and Domestic Cloth
- Keepsake, Light and Inheritance
- Quilt, Mantle and Complete Repair
Editorial depth
Both volumes include a manifesto, preface, contents pages, a guide to reading the paired studies, section essays, a closing essay and a cultural positioning note. The books treat kantha and boro as historically distinct traditions rather than interchangeable decorative labels. The artwork is presented as a contemporary, repair-inspired visual study.
Who this book is for
- Textile and fiber artists
- Hand embroiderers and slow stitchers
- Visible mending practitioners
- Artists researching cloth, memory and repair
- Fashion and textile design students
- Art-journal and sketchbook makers
- Collectors of independent craft and textile publications
- Readers drawn to botanical form, Japanese craft-book balance and quiet editorial design
Important: what this book is not
This publication is not a historical replica, a traditional kantha or boro technique manual, a step-by-step embroidery course, a stitch-chart collection or a set of transfer patterns. No embroidery-machine files, SVG files, PNG pattern sheets or physical materials are included.
Digital format, viewing and printing
This is a digital product; no physical book will be shipped. The pages may be viewed on a computer or tablet, printed at home or sent to a professional print service for personal use. Printer settings, paper and screen calibration may cause small colour differences. For the intended paired reading experience, use two-page or facing-page view with the A drawing on the left and the B textile interpretation on the right.
Personal-use licence
Copyright © 2026 Ridvan Yusein. All rights reserved. Published by Stitchesly. Your purchase grants one personal-use licence. The files and their individual pages may not be shared, resold, redistributed, uploaded to another platform, extracted as a commercial image collection or incorporated into another commercial product without written permission.
Because digital files are supplied for immediate access, please review the product details before purchasing. If you experience a genuine file problem, contact Stitchesly so it can be resolved.
