This is a cover from min perhonen, a brand that creates timeless, all-original garment textiles that are specially dyed, embroidered, and woven to recreate hand-drawn designs.

Birds and butterflies are nestled alongside flowers in this design named felice, which depicts living beings sharing joy with one another, as if each creature’s existence is a celebration of life itself. The textile is captivating in its sense of depth, with the folksy touch of woodblock printing and the interplay of light and shadow created by the embroidery.

The fabric is a soft cotton-wool blend embroidered with blue thread, giving it a pleasing texture you can feel beneath your fingertips.

The “butterfly-stopper” pen holders and the inner lining are both light blue. The cover also comes with two bookmarks, which have small embroidered balls strung on them like beads.

This is a cover that will quietly accompany you through each precious day.

Also available is a small tote bag made with the same textile.

min perhonen is a brand created by designer Akira Minagawa. First founded in 1995 under the name min, and renamed “min perhonen” in 2003. In Finnish, “min” means “I”, and “perhonen” means “butterfly”, expressing Minagawa’s hopes to create designs as light-hearted and beautiful as a butterfly’s flapping wings.

Designed with You (and Your Ideas) in Mind

• Embroidery you can feel: The cotton-wool blend is soft and faintly napped, and the blue thread stands proud of it, so your fingertips find the birds and butterflies before your eyes do.
• Depth without noise: The folksy woodblock touch and the small shadows thrown by the stitching give the pattern real depth, so a quiet cornflower blue never reads as flat.
• Beads on your bookmarks: Two ribbons carry small embroidered balls strung like beads, and all the practical parts butterfly-stopper pen holders, pale blue lining sit exactly where you want them.

Details

• Brand: Hobonichi
• Product Line: Hobonichi Techo Original cover
• Collection: min perhonen
• Design: felice (Blue)
• Type: Techo Cover
• Fits: A6 Original, Original Avec and A6 Day-Free books
• Material: Cotton-wool blend with blue embroidery
• Country of Origin: Japan