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Broken Needle Day

Broken Needle Day

By Susan Fletcher

Thoughts on Broken Needle Day

 

TC guarding needles

Look back through what you remember of your history and culture and remember all the needle sewn cloth made, needed, and used. Today is a chance to pause and give respect to the importance of this little tool!

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sewing with boro fabric

My Boro Stitching & Thoughts for Other Stitchers

By Susan Fletcher

My Boro Stitching & Thought for Other Stitchers

.... but thats just how I like to do it. Other people stitch wonderful pieces with parallel lines evenly spaced. It's a matter of what you enjoy plus what is functional for your project. The right thing to do is to suit yourself!

boro stitched sewing

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making matters

Why Giving What We Make Matters (More)

By Susan Fletcher

Why giving handmade gifts matters more now.
Giving handmade gifts has always mattered, but with all the isolation covid is causing, this year it matters more.
Please make. And give to family, to friends, and to anyone you know is isolated (or might feel alone) right now.
We all need the connection we feel when when hold something handmade by another person.
When we give things we make to other people, we prove to them they are in the thoughts of someone else, therefore they are alive and connected and they matter.

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Why Sashiko Designs Don’t Bore Your Brain

Why Sashiko Designs Don’t Bore Your Brain

By Susan Fletcher

Sashiko Sayagata Cushion

Why don’t we get tired of the traditional sashiko designs?

What makes them still ‘work’ for us even after looking at them for several years, as I have been doing?

They are, after all, pretty simple looking geometric designs.

Here is why I think our brains remain pleased and interested...

 

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  • 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
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  • How to make this Japanese Furoshiki fabric gift wrap
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  • About quilting sashiko
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  • Embroidery
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  • 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

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      • Sashiko Threads: Yellow, Orange & Brown
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      • Japanese Kuguri Stitching
      • Kogin Sashiko
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      • Sylvia Pippen
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      • Yellow, Orange, Brown
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