What is hitomezashi sashiko stitching, and How to do it.
Hitomezashi stitching is a type of sashiko stitching. Both are made up of small straight stitches and both are used for mending and patching fabrics...
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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?
View full article →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...
View full article →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..
View full article →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...
View full article →Which Sashiko Needle Should I use?
How do you choose a Sashiko Needle? You already know what I'm going to say!
It depends.
It depends on your fabric, on your thread, and on your hands :-)
Here is a photograph of the nine types I carry at A Threaded Needle. I'll show you each in detail as we go through this blog entry...
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