Sashiko Sampler Tasuki on White Fabric

This sashiko stitching sampler is a relaxing easy stitching project with the same timeless and peaceful beauty we associate with other sashiko patterns. 

• English instructions included 
  • In addition to the Olympus  instructions I have written and included a more comprehensive english handout on stitching the Nagomi patterns)
• Suitable for beginner sashiko stitchers. This pattern is easy to follow and stitch. 

The pattern is printed with wash away ink on Japanese sarashi-momen cotton cloth. Keep it dry until you have finished stitching. After that, a short soak and rinse will remove the print leaving your stitching clear and beautiful. (Do not iron until after washing, heat may set the ink.) 

This is from the Olympus Nagomi "Sashiko Flower Cloth" series.

 Nagomi refers to Japanese concepts of wellness resulting from emotional balance, ease and calmness of attitude. These are qualities many of us find in Sashiko stitching because of the simplicity of the stitching technique, coupled with the timeless beautiful designs that emerge gradually and easily as we stitch.

Tasuki combines a dignified pattern of diagonal lines intersecting like a sash with colours reminiscent of snow-capped plum blossoms.

• finished size is 12" X 12"
• white 100% cotton cloth
• amount of thread needed 40 meters
• sashiko thread recommended 2 skeins of 20 meter Olympus Sashiko thread or 1 ball of Olympus sashiko thin thread 
• this Sashiko cloth can be machine washed and dried after it is completed so it is suitable for use in making other projects
•  possible uses include frames samplers, table toppers, cushions, quilt blocks, good size pockets on shopping bags and so on. (See my blogs on this website for more ways to use them)