Japanese stitch technique Sashiko 刺し子
Another mending technique!!
The other day I posted how I mended my tank top with a hole, using crochet. Today, I want to share traditional Japanese way of mending or strengthening your clothe with decorative design.
Long time ago, for common people clothing were valuable and expensive belonging.
When there was a hole, put a small piece of fabric to patch them.
Then, simple patching evolved to more beautiful and artful application!
There are many motifs or design patterns to choose from. Even freehand is easily done.
If you just want to make your jeans or bags more interesting, this could be it!!
Here is something that I made.
Source @naomipangolin
This was a plain blue tie.
As you can see, it looks more interesting now!!
And you also can see this technique is basically stitching a linear geometric shape.
Things you need is a thick thread. To emphasize stitches, choose thread for embroidery or double the jeans thread.
And needle large enough to get those thread through.
Fabrics, I used anything except polyester, rayon and silk. I feel thicker and natural fabric looks better and suites with the stitches.
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Other material could be graph sheets to draw patterns and one sided tracing paper to transfer it to the fabric.
If you want freehand design, then no need of these sheets. Draw the lines directly with marking tool that is water soluble.
The patterns I referred this book. ISBN 4-529-03044-x
Source @naomipangolin
Also, here are many free online patterns available :
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/sashiko-embroidery-patterns-1177479
Okay, it's quite easy but 2 things you need to watch out.
- No balls in the beginning and end! How? You do back stitch.
You start from 1inch or 3cm away from the start. stitch 2 or 3 towards the start.
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Then, reverse your direction.
2.Another important thing is, always keep the intersection empty.
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source @naomipangolin
Additional reference website, very nicely and neatly introducing Sashiko! Do check!
https://www.seamwork.com/issues/2016/04/sashiko
Okay, so next time, I will share more of this Sashiko!
See you next time!
The artworks and photos are done by me, @naomipangolin.
I love your work, Naomi!
Thank you @stephie.spicer!! My pleasure😊😊😊
Thank you for sharing this interesting and beautiful technique. I love embroidery, but have never done it myself. As you wrote, sashiko would be lovely on a jeans...perhaps I now have to learn it :-D
Thank you for taking interest @neumansalva!! I did this on my husband jeans.... for real mending, oh my.... will share in the next needleworkmonday😊😊😊
An embroidered tie, wow! That looks pretty cool. You say you don't like silk, i usually like silk ties. Does it mean that an embroidered silk will not look nice?
Also from the books I see here it implies your reading and understanding of the Japanese language is really advanced. That is so cool reading another language. Happy needleworkmonday.
Hi @wondermaey! I am Japanese there is also a book written in English, but I never read it so I didn't introduce in this post.
Hmmm.. I wasn't very confident of thin silk with thick thread. You know, it would be very bumpy....
Also the silk the fabric is very dense, the thick threads may be hard to get it through.....
but then, now with your comment, right, I feel I gotta try first! And I haven't tried yet. Silk tie sounds like a super good start! I will look around my house for silk tie or material😊😊😊
My bad @naomipangolin, your profile says you stay in Malaysia and I just thought that was where you were from. Although I could replace the Japanese in my statement with English because its still impressive to me that you read and understand two international languages🙂.
Thank you for wanting to try out a silk tie, I always loved silk ties and I hope you do an awesome work on it. Do show us how it turns out
No problem @wondermaey, not at all!!
I kind of lived here and there, even been to USA, now I settled in Malaysia. So I don't consider myself as genuine Japan made Japanese. We all are kind of mixture, it was a eye opener for me to see into your African prints too. Hope I could admire them more.
Moving around invited me to absorb crafting skills from those places. Hoping to share more from my experience to you and other steem friends :) Cheers!!
Wow what a nice way to spice up a garment! I love the embroidery techniques you used, it is definitely artful. The designs on the ties look amazing. Thank you for sharing the process on how to achieve this and thank you for sharing with us again this week!! 😃😊
Thanks to you too @crosheille! 😊😊😊
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I like the idea of spiffing up jeans by embroidering on them...or maybe a dress for Pixie :) Those ties you embroidered look so neat!
Thank you @mtnmeadowmomma. It's quite different style. It could be done on daily tools such as table runner, pillow case etc. And wipers so it would last longer😊
This is beautiful. I've seen this type of mending/embroidery on Pinterest but hadn't pursued it...I think I will now. You've inspired me! Again....GRIN. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Thank you @fiberartists!!!!! Aww, you are so encouraging~. I will post how to change color in next needleworkmonday. Hope you'll like it too!!! :))