Meet and Greet + Trunk Show: Guest Teaching Artist Atsushi Futatsuya Join us in welcoming Atsushi Futatsuya to Textile Center this week for a sold-out Sashiko Intensive workshop! Meet Atsushi during a casual meet-and-greet at Textile Center TODAY, Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29, from 12 – 1 pm….
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A Teaching Opportunity is coming this weekend. From the preparation, I get quite
A Teaching Opportunity is coming this weekend. From the preparation, I get quite nervous. Before/During the workshop, needless to say, my nervousness would skyrocket. Many encourage me by saying “Don’t Worry, You will be fine”, and “You have been doing this for years, right?”. Yes, this is my 6th year…
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(6/25) Another analogy. Imagine that you visited a park with beautiful Cherry Blossoms. As you are a visitor, it isn’t so convenient to look at them closely, yet enjoyable from far – making you want to learn more about the park & tree so that you can get a better…
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I used to say that “When to learn” doesn’t matter in Sashiko as I receive concer
I used to say that “When to learn” doesn’t matter in Sashiko as I receive concerns about “Bad Habit”. I never rush people to take my Class, and I still believe that the timing of learning “the technique” is pretty flexible. Everyone already has some “habit” and they somewhat need…
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Thank you for your interest in Sashiko & continuous support to our Sashiko Store
Thank you for your interest in Sashiko & continuous support to our Sashiko Store. “Upcycle Stitches” is a single person business by Atsushi (@sashikostory). I will be offering a 3-days Sashiko Workshop in Minneapolis 6/28 to 6/30. All of the orders made between 6/26 to 7/1 will be processed after…
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I stated, on that all the fabric has the possibility of being “Boro”. It probab
I stated, on @SashikoStory, that all the fabric has the possibility of being “Boro”. It probably clarifies what Sashiko & Boro are. A process of adding stitches to a piece of fabric is called Sashiko (in broader definition). It is the beginning of a journey of the fabric with meeting…
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Whew. Completed this before the Workshop in MN. I will bring this as an example
Whew. Completed this before the Workshop in MN. I will bring this as an example of “Non-Sashiko” and “To Be Boro” items to explain What is “Sashiko/Boro” to us – a group of Japanese people who have committed their lives into Sashiko. ☆ In yesterday’s Live Streaming, I stated that…
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I have 2 Workshop Opportunities planned for this summer. One with next weekend
I have 2 Workshop Opportunities planned for this summer. One with @textilecentermn next weekend & Another with @loopoftheloom on August 3rd and 4th (Saturday & Sunday). The one in MN is sold out at this point. However, I will be available to greet & show some samples from 12pm to…
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Japanese Vintage Swatches, hand stitched on, Used Levi Strauss & Co. with all Sa
Japanese Vintage Swatches, hand stitched on, Used Levi Strauss & Co. with all Sashiko Threads we introduce here. Added stitches on LEVI’S® 502 MEN’S TAPERED JEANS. W: 31 & L 32. – Please find more stories on this piece @SashikoStory – I didn’t think of selling these items when I…
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A completion of Stitching for now, which means a beginning of its new life as “U
A completion of Stitching for now, which means a beginning of its new life as “Upcycled Denim”. I consider stitching (and for that matter Sashiko) as a way of adding story. The fabric patched is vintage fabric, so it can get damaged relatively fast. I would need to add another…