Toward the end of 2020, in the difficulty of not being able to “foresee” the future, I started making “Sashiko Mask”. You may remember the discussion here how “effective” the fabric mask is even though I kept saying the mask isn’t really for the prevention purpose: more like “decorative” and…
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Boro is not a word for patchworking. It is a result of (mandated) patch-working
Boro is not a word for patchworking. It is a result of (mandated) patch-working (they probably didn’t want to). Boro is not a word for “visible-mending”. In fact, they wanted to hide the mending (invisible mending). ☆ A Word can be interpreted differently. However, it is important to respect the…
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Alright. Let’s focus on Fun & Stitching. This is my last post regarding the safe
Alright. Let’s focus on Fun & Stitching. This is my last post regarding the safety of handmade mask. I came to the conclusion that a Handmade mask is good in the condition where the hospitals are in need of N95. I would rather not purchase N95 and let the hospitals/someone…
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Thanks to my wife & daughter’s support, I had a live streaming on “how I make th
Thanks to my wife & daughter’s support, I had a live streaming on “how I make the handmade mask”. It is on our Youtube channel (SashiCo), and anyone can watch it. It is about 100 min live streaming with try & error with both English & Japanese. I will try to…
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The first Sashiko in 6 days…? I cannot express how relaxed I felt while stitchin
The first Sashiko in 6 days…? I cannot express how relaxed I felt while stitching. Although there are no scientific references, I can be certain that Sashiko rhythmical stitching is very good to calm down. An appropriate posture (so no body pain), hand-movement (so no need to focus the stitch…