I just realized that I also believe that wrapping something in lovely fabric can protect good luck! The other day, after carefully removing subtle effects of dust/light from the page-edges of a book I was selling, I made a fabric case for the tome, fastened it with an mother-of-pearl button in honor of my grandmother who loved abalone shell, and really sort of believe she's watching over that book in perpetuity...
Here are two more bojagi pieces that want finishing -- first they want ironing, I know. Would love to find an intern for the summer, if anyone knows a young woman, aged 12-18, who'd like to learn textiles while working in the studio with me.