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How to hand stitch a seam that won't gap, split or rip out
By Susan Fletcher
No sewing machine?
You can still sew your own clothing.
Here is how to make a hand sewn seam that won't gap, split or rip out.

How to stitch Honeycomb Hitome-sashi Olympus Sampler
By Susan Fletcher
How to stitch the Honeycomb Hitome-sashi cloth
Another of the beautiful sashiko kit with multiple hitome-sashi designs, This one is called Honeycomb. Like the others, the instructions that come with it are in Japanese and although the diagrams are very good, I've been trying stitch them while writing english directions with photographs to make things easier.
Honeycomb is the second of these designs. The first was Snow Crystals and can also be found in these blogs.

How to stitch "Snow Crystals" Olympus Hitome-zashi Sashiko Design Kit
By Susan Fletcher
Snow Crystals.
This is how to stitch the Olympus Hitome-zashi Sashiko kit Snow Crystals.
I've written it to supplement the Japanese language instructions and stitching diagrams that come with the pre-printed fabric.

How to do sashiko stitching without using knots.
By Susan Fletcher


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