“How do you stitch so fast?”, “How come your stitches are so even?”, “It must ha

“How do you stitch so fast?”, “How come your stitches are so even?”, “It must have taken so many months to make the Jacket. I don’t have that much time”. 

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I receive many questions – sometimes for advice, sometimes with disappointment of their giving up. Not so often, but some comment our stitches are intimidating. I understand many want to stitch faster, more even, more beautifully, more, more enjoyable. I have answers to all of the questions/requests above. Anyone, everyone, can do it when they learn Sashiko with appropriate Form, Posture, and “Kata”. (“Kata” often comes with an appropriate mindset as well). I am not saying one must learn our Kata to enjoy Sashiko. However, I am now confident that one can stitch like we do, more even, more fun and much faster, by learning the Unshin, the form of Sashiko stitching with our Form. 

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It isn’t complicated at all. It just requires my personal attention because everyone has different hands, experience, mindset, goals, preference, and spirit. In-person Sashiko Workshop & Online Sashiko Class isn’t just an experience for you to enjoy Sashiko. It is the life-long Learning Opportunity. I will be in the NYC Area  for July 9th & 10th, then in Berkeley CA on July 23rd to 26th, for the In-person Sashiko Workshops! I hope to meet/see you there, to share the Sashiko I speak up, the Sashiko we have been practicing, and the Sashiko I would like to pass down to the next generation. 

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7月のワークショップの宣伝素材を作りました。写真を並べただけですが、これまでに作った作品を一気に紹介する必要もあるのかなぁなんて思うようになりました。まずは来月のワークショップが成功するように最大の努力をします。

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昨日の投稿にも関係してくるのですが、「刺し子」から読み取れる物語の一つに「意地」があります。執着と言ってもいい。生に対してなのか、美に対してなのか、はたまた…。三島由紀夫が好きで、結果的に大義ある死に憧れてしまうような幼少期だったので、この（生に対する）意地というのが、あまりしっくり来なかったのです。2009年に「デンデラ」と言う本で、本筋とは全く違ったところで、ふと「意地」を感じて、その感覚を広げながら今に至っています。デンデラ、映画にもなりました（あんまりおすすめしないですが…）。ここまでくるとね、原点に戻るんです。恵子さんが言うように「愚直にできることをやる」。僕も全く一緒です。生き様を晒して、見せて、受け手に委ねる。希望はあります。と言うか希望だらけです。大丈夫。

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