r/sashiko

I finished my first sashiko on this teenytiny tote bag. This was practice before I start on a larger tote bag design 🫣

Made a spidey hat to match my spidey jacket. Was kind of planning on doing one and then got inspired while watching the movie to just frogging do it.

The denim is vintage and thrifted by a friend, and the red is from a tshirt w a cool pattern. Then the eyes are a mosaic made out of black and white denim.

Whole thing has sashiko lines just loosely done in the flow of a web. I tried to do it on the fur as well but it didn't come out super visible.

Really thick material & double layered which made it tough to stitch, pleased with the way it came out.

My thumb hurts. Can you see anything different in the overall color???

The jacket was a little tattered. So I covered up some of the holes and added the elbow patches. Also the spots around the pockets were starting to shred so I patch them as well.

My first ever sashiko project, not to mend anything but just add some personality to my jeans. I love tea and didn't want a stark white on my jeans so dyeing the thread in some tea was the perfect solution.

The pattern was drafted by my wife, meant to look like the refraction of sunlight in water. We spent an amazing day in a completely isolated beach in Japan collecting seashells so I love that the memory of that day is immortalized in my jeans now.

Jeans are omoto denim jeans after a wash, so I think it still has plenty of indigo to lose. For those here who have done similar projects, will the thread eventually take on a blue colour? I sure hope they do.

I love her

The whole process of making a Sashiko-embellished kiss-clasp purse. It was my first time with this kind of hardware so I learned a lot and will do some things differently next time! It’s a wonky little thing but I love it anyway!

Work jeans that I wear to for yard work in the autumn and for trips to Home Depot.

Soooo, based on my previous attempts on the hanafuda frog pattern, I've gotten to the point where I have a bunch of frog patterns but none of them look like the hanafuda weird frog! LOL

Two of them are based on hitomezashi grid and one on the triangular moyozashi grid (the buff frog with water lily leaves). I also tried to figure out how to stitch it but honestly, I'm really bad at this and almost always do it the wrong way. I'll be happy to hear some advice!

And also, feel free to use these patterns (or invent new ones based on mine)!

Here you can see my previous post and a bunch of weird hanafuda frogs in the comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/sashiko/s/RINUNyEoFN

This is my first time attempting Sashiko and I'm already planning my next project! It's very time consuming but so worth the time and effort! I got all my supplies from SnugglyMonkey. I used transparent dissolving paper to get the grid on the fabric. None of my fabric pens/pencils worked on this fabric for some reason

Got home from a mini vacay today. I love road trips because it’s uninterrupted time with my hubby and Sashiko!

Hey folks,

I want to make a repair using this or similar pattern, specifically like waves. Can’t find any tutorials on how to do this kind of free form patterns. Any advice?

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New boro work I made for my brand! Hosted my first exhibition for this piece where I curated a short film around the piece in Glasgow. Successful day, let me know what you think of the piece !

This is my first time trying sashiko and I love it! I didn't want to invest into a new hobby without trying it first - I already do so many types of embroidery (cross stitch, hardanger, guemaraige, white work, suzhou embroidery) and lace (filet, tatting, etc.), and that's in addition to knitting and crocheting. So, I decided to improvise by using materials from my stash. I had a small cut of 11 ct. aida cloth. I also had white DMC Cabelia thread (for sashiko stitches), regular 6 strands DMC floss (for a braided russian style ribbon and assembling), and some leftover fabric (for an inside lining). The design I chose was very interesting to stitch. The first layer was the most labor intensive because of the sheer amount of individual stitches. The second and third layers were much easier to stitch. During the process, I was amazed to see that with every sashiko layer the fabric became stronger and less "holey", which is understandable, given the origin of sashiko embroidery, which was used to make the fabric more durable and windproof.

PS Sorry for the wrinkled background. 🫣

What do you think? Which combination of arms and legs sits best?

This took such a long time