Boro: A Journey in Sisterly Slipper Making!
Boro: A Journey in Sisterly Slipper Making!
Just for fun I thought I'd share this photo story of making boro slippers with my sister...
My Boro Stitching & Thoughts for Other Stitchers
My Boro Stitching & Thought for Other Stitchers
.... but thats just how I like to do it. Other people stitch wonderful pieces with parallel lines evenly spaced. It's a matter of what you enjoy plus what is functional for your project. The right thing to do is to suit yourself!
Sashiko Thread and How Not to End with a Tangled Mess!
Here I am all ready to settle in and stitch miles of sashiko and I realize that every thread I need is going to be a project itself to get off the skein! Argh!
Here is the solve for this frustrating problem:
What is hitomezashi sashiko stitching, and How to do it.
Kitchen Towels & Zakka Stitching
Things you can stitch when you are home and desperate for things you can stitch!
So just stitch.
Don't be defeated just because you can't go to a sewing store for supplies. You have all sorts of good things to stitch in your house! And don't be shy to try any crazy idea you have. You're in self isolation, when will there ever be a better time to find out what you can really do with a threaded needle?
New Sashiko Patches & Kokka Fabrics
2020! I wish you all a year of happy stitching and sewing adventures!
This is just a quick little blog to show you some new pre-printed ready to stitch sashiko fabric designs, and some new fabrics that will work well used with them....
5 Ways to transfer a Sashiko design onto fabric (5 of 5 featherweight interfacing method)
How to transfer your sashiko design onto your fabric ready for stitching using fusible featherweight interfacing
5 Ways to transfer a Sashiko design onto fabric (4 of 5 use stencils)
How to use a stencil to transfer a sashiko design onto fabric.
This is one of 5 blogs entries showing methods for transferring sashiko designs onto your fabric.
I think of all the methods, using sashiko Stencils is...
5 Ways to transfer a Sashiko design onto fabric (3 of 5 Use the fabric's weave)
This is the most creative idea I have for how to get a sashiko design onto fabric ready for stitching.
5 Ways to transfer a Sashiko design onto fabric (2 of 5 Transfer paper)
Use Sewing transfer paper to transfer a sashiko design
Sewing transfer paper (also called dressmaker carbon) is coated with a waxy substance. To use it, you..
5 Ways to transfer a Sashiko design to fabric (1 of 5 use graphing fabric)
How to use dotted graphing fabric for drawing Sashiko designs
This fabric is marked with tiny dots to make a grid on which you can draw your geometric sashiko design. Use a ruler and chalk fabric pencil...