I am doing Sashiko Stitches on Vintage Apron made from Canvas… It is sooo hard to stitch.
I enjoy every Tue & Fri morning to live stream my sashiko stitching. I mainly speak Japanese, but I switch the language based on the comment. It is in the morning on weekdays, but please join us if you have time.
(I do more live streaming on Youtube in English)
毎週、火曜＆金曜の日本時間の夜に行っている配信。少しずつ習慣化できていて嬉しい限り。もう少し話せる様になれれば良いなと思いつつ。
それにしても帆布への刺し子は本当に固いです。固い。
2017-11-17 16:25:38
In interviews, I often receive the question: [What about Sashiko attracts you?]. In other words, it is a similar question I often ask here: [What do you like about Sashiko?]. There are many answers to this question – all of the answers each has are “Right” and “True” to them,…
I say the essence of Sashiko deep down there is “Praying – Inori”. Many Sashiko Stories I have received make sense when I consider Sashiko as a practice in/with/for “Praying”. Well, then I started wondering what the Japanese had prayed for… happiness? Well-being? Or Wealth? One idea I came up…
Join Textile Center for a special Guest Teaching Artist workshop with Atsushi Futatsuya @sashikostory , a third-generation sashiko artist from a renowned sashiko family in Gifu prefecture, Japan. In this 3-day intensive stitching workshop, learn the most important element in sashiko stitching: unshin (needle movement). Explore the history of sashiko…
