Sakura, Sakura...Sashiko!

I joined a swap for Sashiko embroidery and have fallen in love with this technique. It is an old Japanese uitilitarian technique used to repair garments. The lines are a simple, close running stitch with a couple of very basic rules for corners and perpendicular lines sewn with white cotton thread on indigo fabric. In getting ready for this swap I googled "sashiko" and found a plethora of information, resources, images and ideas. I chose to design my own pattern to correspond to the item I made, a zippered wristlet. I really like the harlequin design of diamonds and cherry blossoms, so that is what I did.

 
Here is a close up of my cherry blossom....so cute!

 
  Here is the finished Sashiko and the final finished product.

 
  Try it! It is so much fun....if you have any questions, just comment or email me, and share pictures of your own sashiko, I'd like to see!

Blessings!