Sashiko: 20 Projects Using Traditional Japanese Stitching

Lovely generous book. Great images and instructions

I bought this for my DIL. I might have to buy it for myself.

There are projects to guide you to make home, accessories and gifts.

This is a beautiful book which really makes you want to sew. The instructions are clear. the pictures fabulous. Its wonderful book.

Love this book and it’s given me plenty of ideas. Very clear illustrations and explanations too.

Oh what an interesting book, will be using its ideas

Bought as part of a gift for a friend's birthday, who always wants to try a new way of quilting. Good size of patterns

A nicely presented book with clear information. I made a mistake when buying it in that I thought it was a techniques book rather than a projects book. Having said that it is still a book buy. I do have a little more information about sashiko however and if Jill reads this, I can inform her that from my studies it dates as an art to a mountainous region and 1874. The touching circles quilting pattern is not exclusively sashiko and can be full or half bond. The stitch it is built upon is known as running stitch but there is disagreement over the nature of this. Stab stitch already existed and this can be used, the practice of making several little stitches at once is not necessarily running stitch but can be as can stab. Little dashed stitches at any cost being the result. Also, although white on inky black blue is often seen as the most desirable sashiko, coloured thread and even patterned cloth may be used. I hope this is of interest, there could be some variance in the start date.