I started teaching Sashiko in English only about 5 years ago with almost no conf

I started teaching Sashiko in English only about 5 years ago with almost no confidence in what I would be teaching. Since then, every opportunity to teach Sashiko, I share what I have as if it is the last day of my life. Many students kindly tell me to relax. Yes, it is one of many teaching opportunities I offer – yet for a student, it is a one-time 6 hours (or more for Online Class) that they decided to invest in learning what Sashiko. I am still trying to improve my teaching skill – and I do not know if I would consider myself as a good teacher… Yet, as my friends laughed at me, the Sashiko by whom I passed the stories down (previous student, now friends via Sashiko) proof what I teach is valid.
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The photo is one of the most popular Sashiko denim I introduce – and it is NOT my work… Today, a good friend via @exhaustedoctopus (She took Online Class though), amazed me by her Sashiko work. The post 3 days ago wasn’t mine either and there are a number of friends who I feel jealous of (how good they are). I sincerely believe everyone can do the Sashiko we do – By watching me stitching, anyone can be as good as we are – it is just a matter of time. My class & workshop is like a short-cut. Learning by watching may take years – instead, I will spend my time adjusting my teaching to their own hands. But again, I never say one can only do Sashiko when they take the workshop – I do not filter who can learn based on what they have & don’t have. Once they get the form appropriately, one doesn’t need months to complete one Sashiko denim, as Allie just completed within a day or so…? Oh my.
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先日のMotokoさんの刺し子に続き、今日の写真は、このアカウントでも一二を争う人気のNatsukiさんのデニムです。んでもって、Allieさんの最新のデニムもタグから。私の刺し子？今は100メートル刺してて忙しいのです。なんて言い訳をしつつ、こうやって沢山の方が刺し子を楽しんで、しかもめちゃくちゃ上手に刺してくれると、本当に嬉しいなと思うのです。具体的にリンクやお名前を紹介している方だけじゃなく、もっともっと沢山います。その集大成が「運針会プロジェクト」だったりしていて、もう夢は叶っちゃってるんですよね。良い先生になろうと努力はしているのですが、生徒さんがどんどん先に行っちゃうので、やっぱりあれです、私は引率の先生なんだろうと思います。
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2022-10-28 01:09:45

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