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. 

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

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.

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...

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.