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...
Which sashiko thread should I use?
Re-visiting Simple Embroidery + Stitching Kid's Drawings
Re-visiting simple embroidery + stitching kid's drawing
This summer I have the joy of grandchildren around the house. Aside from just making me happy, their drawings have inspired me to revisit simple embroidery!
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Should it stay or should it go?
I finished photographing and putting the last of 179 dyed yarn cotton fabric listings on my website this past week.... Today I thought I'd show you some of the new fabrics and along with that, here is something I learned in design school, that you may find useful too.
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