Arriving mid May - available for preorder now!
These pre printed panels from Olympus are called 'hana fukin' with literally means 'flower cloth'. They are printed in grey on red coloured narrow width traditional sarashi cloth (an easy to stitch traditional Japanese cotton cloth). Each panel is supplied in one piece with a plain area the same size attached, because they are designed to be stitched through both layers and the edges turned in to make a little cloth, but you can stitch the printed layer separately (as I have done).
The dots are spaced 5mm apart on a square grid (please see separate listing for the isometric grid hana fukin). The idea is that you use these dots like the crossing points on a grid, to stitch hitomezashi (one stitch) sashiko patterns - there are many of these in my book, 'The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook'. 5mm, or a scant quarter inch, is the perfect spacing for stitching with either a single strand of medium sashiko thread or a doubled fine sashiko thread. Marking a grid over a larger area takes time, but with this cloth, you are ready to stitch straight away. Ideal for patterns like komezashi (rice stitch), kakinohanazashi (persimmon flower stitch) and many others - a few ideas are shown left.
You can use the dotted grid to draw your own patterns before starting to stitch too! See third photo -
Use a 5mm grid notebook o