How to sew Sashiko | Japanese Embroidery DIY Tutorial | Craftiosity | Craft Kit Subscription Box

Learn the beautiful Japanese textile folk art of sashiko embroidery (it translates as 'little stabs') to a make a geometric patterned placemat.

This tutorial could be amended to make a small cushion, tote bag or book covers. Quite different to Western embroidery, sashiko uses a longer needle to load multiple stitches onto it before sewing through.

You'll need:
- Open weave indigo coloured cotton fabric
- Sashiko thread
- Sashiko needles (stronger and longer than standard sewing needles)
- Tailor's chalk
- Sewing pins
- Pattern template (draw your own using the video as an example)

Here are the timings for the specific processes within the tutorial:
00:00-00:21 → Introduction
00:21-00:37 → Materials
00:37-00:41 → Cutting the material
00:41-00:52 → Folding the template and place onto fabric
00:52-02:40 → Marking the fabric with tailor's chalk
02:41-02:56 → Thread the needle
02:56-04:40 → Sashiko embroidery technique (vertical lines)
04:40-04:57 → Sashiko embroidery (diagonal lines)
04:57-05:30 → Sashiko embroidery (diamond lines)
05:30-05:46 → Sashiko embroidery (horizontal lines)
05:47-06:31 → Fold, iron and pin edges
06:31-06:36 → Draw outside lines with chalk
06:36-06:57 → Sewing the outside lines
06:57-07:18 → Securing overlap on corners and final iron
07:18-07:21 → Finished Sashiko embroidered table-mat

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