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Hitomezashi

Hotomezashi sashiko face mask

Hitomezashi Sashiko CoVid Mask

I've been washing and wearing this mask for a several weeks and it is the most comfortable mask I have. I think this is because the fabric in these Olympus sampler kits is an absorbent and breathable quality cotton. Here are some notes about stitching masks from the Olympus Hitomezashi Sashiko (One Stitch Sashiko) fabric sampler kits...

Hitomezashi Sashiko or One Stitch Sashiko Face Mask

(And yes, you are right, I am not this young, sigh! Today I am 62. This is my  daughter ❤️. She is about the age now that I was when I started this business! And I thought I was old then! 😂) 

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Kogin Sashiko Stitching

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...hitomezashi sashiko stitching

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Hitomezashi sashiko stitching sample

Sashiko? Kogin? Hitomezashi? Boro? What are we stitching?

Which one are you stitching? 

Sashiko? Kogin? Hitomezashi? Boro? 

What all 4 techniques have in common, and how they differ...

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Hana fukin preprinted ready to stitch Olympus sashiko sampler

What to do with those 12"x12" pre printed sashiko projects?



Many of us enjoy stitching the 12" x 12" ready to stitch preprinted sashiko sampler designs made by Olympus, Japan. We just aren't sure what they are for! Recently new ones came available and the header on them calls them Hana-fukin, so I looked it up.

Hana-fukin is the name for a useful household cloth.  It could be a tea towel or dish cloth, or a clean square of cloth to put under a meal, or use in the center of a table, or to cover a bowl of fruit or eggs, or to cover cooling cookies or cake....

  Hana-fukin

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