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Boro Slippers

Boro: A Journey in Sisterly Slipper Making!

By Susan Fletcher

 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...

2 pair of boro stitched slippers

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Things you can stitch when you are home and desperate for things you can stitch!

Things you can stitch when you are home and desperate for things you can stitch!

By Susan Fletcher

So just stitch.

child's drawing on a bag

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?

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Sashiko Patch Kit

New Sashiko Patches & Kokka Fabrics

By Susan Fletcher

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....

Sashiko Patch KitKokka Fabrics

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using dyed yarn fabric to transfer sashiko designs

5 Ways to transfer a Sashiko design onto fabric (3 of 5 Use the fabric's weave)

By Susan Fletcher

How to use dyed yarn fabrics to transfer sashiko designs.

This is the most creative idea I have for how to get a sashiko design onto fabric ready for stitching.  

Sashiko design on dyed yarn fabric
Using the grid design in the dyed yarn woven fabric, a ruler, fabric pen or chalk pencil,  you can ....

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Recent Articles

  • How to stitch Honeycomb Hitome-sashi Olympus Sampler
  • How to stitch "Snow Crystals" Olympus Hitome-zashi Sashiko Design Kit
  • How to do sashiko stitching without using knots.
  • Making a Japanese Pin Bowl
  • How Hand Sewing Needles are Made
  • Broken Needle Day
  • Beautiful Tools
  • What is Japanese Furoshiki Fabric Wrapping?
  • How to make this Japanese Furoshiki fabric gift wrap
  • Holiday Decorating Hack

Categories

  • About Fabrics on A Threaded Needle
  • About quilting sashiko
  • Boro
  • Broken Needle Day
  • dyed yarn cotton fabric
  • Embroidery
  • Hana-fukin
  • hand sewing
  • history
  • Hitomezashi
  • How to do sashiko stitching without using knots
  • how to thread a sashiko needle
  • How to transfer sashiko designs
  • How to use products
  • How to use sashiko products
  • How to...
  • Japanese Furoshiki Fabric Gift Wrapping
  • Just for inspiration
  • Kogin
  • Kuguri-sashi
  • kurugi
  • making matters
  • needles
  • Ready to stitch sashiko fabrics
  • sashiko
  • Sashiko tutorial part 1 of 4
  • Sashiko tutorial part 2 of 4
  • Sashiko tutorial part 3 of 4
  • Sashiko tutorial part 4 of 4
  • Slow stitching and mending
  • Things you can do with your sashiko stitched fabric
  • Thoughts about creativity
  • Tutorials for how to stitch sashiko & weaving designs
  • What is going on at A Threaded Needle
  • Zakka stitching for your home

Main menu

  • New
  • Sashiko
    • New Sashiko Products
    • Sashiko Threads, Needles & Notions
      • Sashiko Threads: White, Off-white, Grey, Brown & Black
      • Sashiko Threads: Reds, Pinks & Purples
      • Sashiko Threads: Blue and Green
      • Sashiko Threads: Yellow, Orange & Brown
      • Sashiko Needles, Thimbles, & Notions
      • Sashiko Threads: Earthy, Taupe, & Neutral
      • Sashiko Threads: Variegated & Heather Colours
      • Sashiko Thread: Thin Style
      • Olympus Sashiko Threads
      • Cosmo Hidamari Sashiko Threads
      • Daruma & Other Sashiko Threads
    • 4 Sashiko Stitching Styles
      • Traditional Sashiko Samplers
      • Hitome-sashi (one stitch sashiko)
      • Japanese Kuguri Stitching
      • Kogin Sashiko
    • Sashiko Preprinted Panels
      • Bebe Bold Sashiko Panels
      • QH Textile Sashiko Panels
      • Olympus Sashiko Panels (Susan Briscoe Designed)
    • Beginner Kits & Small Sashiko Projects
      • Beginner Kits & Small Sashiko Projects
      • 12" Sashiko Samplers
      • Sylvia Pippen
    • Sashiko Fabrics
      • Sashiko Fabrics
      • Fabrics for Hand Stitching
    • Stencils
      • Stencils for Stitching
    • Sashiko books & Patterns
    • Visible Mending & Boro
      • Visible Mending & Boro
    • Digital Patterns
      • Digital Patterns
    • All Sashiko
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    • Visible Mending & Boro
      • Mending Looms and Darning Tools
      • Mending & Stitching Tools
      • Stencils
      • Mending Patches & Fabric Packs
      • Books, Patterns & Kits for Mending & Boro
    • Threads & Needles for Hand Stitching
      • Blue & Green Threads
      • Reds, Purples, Pinks
      • Yellow, Orange, Brown
      • White, Off-white, Grey, Black
      • Variegated and Heathered
      • Taupe & Earthy Threads
      • Thin Threads
      • Needles & Thimbles
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    • 4 Sashiko Stitching Styles
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      • Japanese Kuguri Stitching
      • Kogin Sashiko
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      • Green, Yellow & Orange Fabrics
      • Red, Pink, & Purple Fabrics
      • Brown & Black Fabrics
      • White, Off White & Pale Taupe Fabrics
    • DY Fabric Small Cuts & Bundles
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