What You Really Get
We know what its like. You find something you want online and then you wonder "What will I really get?" so we have added this page to help answer that question.
What do the laminated furoshiki (fabric wrapping) instruction cards look like?These are laminated cards with clear photographs, 3 inches by 8 inches (a bit bigger than a good size bookmark) and have a photograph of a furoshiki wrap on the front with printed and illustrated instructions for the technique shown on the back.
Durable and washable, these cards will last for years as you pull them out to use on every gift giving occasion.
What is inside our sashiko patterns?
Most of our sashiko patterns are professionally printed on sewing tissue. This allowed us to have the pattern pieces printed full size and to include several projects in most pattern packages. The sashiko design for each project is printed on the actual pattern piece to eliminated any need for you to re-size, or struggle with proper placement. A few of our patterns are printed on 11 x 17 inch paper. This allows us to make new designs available sooner. We do this only when the sashiko design is small enough that we can still print it full size.
If you have never done sashiko stitching before, our patterns are for you. We have included directions for how to do sashiko stitching in each pattern, or you can visit our step by step directions with photographs on this site.
We include an excellent, easy, transfer method and clear instructions for how to do sashiko stitching in every pattern, as well as instructions for how to make the projects shown on the cover, and the sashiko stitching design.
Our transfer method:(the one that makes sashiko easy to do!)
Tape your pattern corners to your worktable, then lay lightweight fusible interfacing over the pattern piece and trace the sashiko design, as well as the machine sewing lines, onto the interfacing. The tracing should be done with a permanent fabric marker. Next, fuse the interfacing to the back of your fabric. The project is then sashiko stitched from the back and, as all the projects are lined in one way or another, there is no need to remove the interfacing later.
This method makes stitching straight lines a cinch, and it means you can re-use your pattern as many times as you like, and on any fabric you like.
