Thanks so much Sara! It turned out pretty nice, I'm very happy :)

The Japanese are on to something with Sashiko and Wabi Sabi and finding value in the old and used!

Exactly! I love their philosophy about life: simplicity, zero waste, imperfection, being slow (not sure at all if they follow all these nowadays though...). I find it really soothing to use even a bit of the above in daily life :)