NEWS FLASH! Prices on some Olympus products, including sashiiko threads, will be increasing by approx. 20% on February 1st, as wholesale and shipping prices have increased. There's still time to stock up before the new prices come in! New prices are shown on each listing, with the current price as a discount until midnight on 31st January 2022. NB - new sashiko threads can be ordered at the old prices until the end of January!
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The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook
The Ultimate Kogin Collection
The Book of Boro
Dates for your diary for 2022 - we will be at all the World Textile Days (except the first one). Details at www.worldtextileday.co.uk
Here are all the sashiko sampler squares I stock, aka hanafukin (flower cloths), printed in Japan by Olympus Thread Mfg. Co. on one page! There's almost 90 of them, so keep scrolling...Designs include traditional geometric designs, floral patterns, ukiyo-e woodblock prints, hitomezashi (one stitch sashiko), and kagurizashi (threaded hitomezashi), plus 'just dots' for creating your own hitomezashi patterns.
Easy to follow instruction diagrams with Japanese text (sometimes English, depending on the design). The ideal introduction to sashiko.Hanafukin are used like a cross between a napkin, placemat, and dish cloth, but the traditional sarashi cotton fabric is also suitable for bags, cushions, quilts etc. What will you make and which pattern will you choose?
