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  • How to Stitch: Kurgurizashi Sashiko Sampler - "Asagao"
  • How to Stitch: La bouquetiere "Daisy" Sashiko Sampler
  • Why it is important to leave some looseness in your sashiko stitching!
  • How do you choose sashiko thread? Sashiko Threads Comparison Chart
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Peaks sashiko stitching design

How to stitch "Peaks" Sashiko Sampler by Textile Lab

By Susan Fletcher

How to stitch "Peaks" sashiko design

This is how to stitch the Kugurizashi Sashiko kit called Peaks. I've written it to supplement the Japanese language instructions and stitching diagrams that come with the pre-printed fabric. 

Peaks sashiko sampler

This is a very good first project for trying your first the kugurizashi sashiko technique.

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Hitome-zashi sashiko cloth "Snow Crystals"

How to stitch La Bouquetiere "Snow Crystals"

By Susan Fletcher

 

How to stitch "Snow Crystals" sashiko design

This is how to stitch the Hitomezashi Sashiko kit called Snow Crystals. I've written it to supplement the Japanese language instructions and stitching diagrams that come with the pre-printed fabric. 

You can buy the pre-printed cloth at A Threaded Needle as a full kit or the  fabric only with the design printed on blue or white cloth.

Olympus Hitome-zashi Sashiko kit called Snow Crystals.

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leaving some slack thread on the back of your sashiko stitching

Why it is important to leave some looseness in your sashiko stitching!

By Susan Fletcher

If I come back to this again and again when explaining sashiko stitching, and even in some the product descriptions on my website,  it is because it worries me! If you don't leave some slack (looseness) in the thread on the back of your sashiko stitching the fabric will pucker...

sashiko stitching sample

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Kuguri sashiko using wash out dot graph fabric

A Simple Project to make a Kuguri Sashiko Pouch

By Susan Fletcher

I've been writing about Kuguri Sashiko recently, and if you have been feeling interested in trying it, here is a simple first project to learn how.

How to do Kuguri Sashiko Stitching

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Recent Articles

  • How to stitch "Peaks" Sashiko Sampler by Textile Lab
  • How to stitch La Bouquetiere "Snow Crystals"
  • How to Stitch: Kurgurizashi Sashiko Sampler - "Asagao"
  • How to Stitch: La bouquetiere "Daisy" Sashiko Sampler
  • Why it is important to leave some looseness in your sashiko stitching!
  • How do you choose sashiko thread? Sashiko Threads Comparison Chart
  • How to hand stitch a seam that won't gap, split or rip out
  • How to stitch La bouquetiere Honeycomb Sashiko Sampler
  • How to do sashiko stitching without using knots.
  • Making a Japanese Pin Bowl

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 Stitch La Bouquetiere Sashiko Samplers
  • How to stitch Textile Lab Sashiko Samplers
  • 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
  • Kugurizashi
  • 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

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  • Sashiko
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      • Collections of Sashiko Threads
      • 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
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      • Daruma & Other Sashiko Threads
      • Sashiko Needles & Thimbles
    • Sashiko Preprinted Panels
    • Beginner Kits & Small Sashiko Projects
    • Moyosashi (Large Pattern Sashiko)
    • Hitomezashi (One Stitch Sashiko)
    • Kugurizashi (Weave Under Threads Sashiko)
    • Non-Traditional Sashiko Projects
    • Boro Sashiko
    • Kogin Sashiko
    • Fabrics & Transfer Tools for Sashiko
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    • New Sashiko Products
    • All Sashiko
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      • Olympus Sashiko Threads
      • Daruma & Other Sashiko Threads
      • Valdani Threads
      • Hidamari Cosmo Threads
      • Embroidery Threads & Needles
      • Misc. Threads (from very thin to very strong)
      • Thin Threads
      • Needles & Thimbles
      • Collections of Threads
      • Blue & Green Threads
      • Reds, Purples, Pinks
      • Yellow, Orange, Brown
      • White, Off-white, Grey, Black
      • Variegated and Heathered
      • Taupe & Earthy Threads
    • Visible Mending & Boro
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      • Japanese Kuguri Stitching
      • Kogin Sashiko
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