Sashiko mini
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Great choice for a border and it works really well with the Sashiko which I truly love.....very cohesive. Your stitches are so beautifully uniform. Have never done it but do love handwork so will have to try. Is the pattern transferred to fabric by stencil? is it freeform? Is it pounced? Inquiring minds need to know!
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That is tiny! Did you use pre-printed Sashiko panels? I recently did a bunch of Sashiko for a WIP and ordered the preprinted blocks so I could grow accustomed to the proper stitch size. I wanted to go much smaller from my hand quilting days. After doing several I did a block that I marked the design myself. I had to work on not going too small with the stitches. I really enjoyed doing it and even did a couple of pieces with some fancy sparkly thread. Sashiko can be addictive.
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We quilters are an odd group of people. We work diligently to make our quilting stitches tiny and then struggle to make the Sashiko stitches large enough. I worked on some applique and used the blind ladder stitch so the stitches wouldn't show and then hand quilted it so the stitches would be clearly visible. lol
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Originally Posted by GeeGee
We quilters are an odd group of people. We work diligently to make our quilting stitches tiny and then struggle to make the Sashiko stitches large enough. I worked on some applique and used the blind ladder stitch so the stitches wouldn't show and then hand quilted it so the stitches would be clearly visible. lol
Yes, I thought about that after I had posted. But we have fun doing it and keep the economy going strong. Quilters are the BEST!
We quilters are an odd group of people. We work diligently to make our quilting stitches tiny and then struggle to make the Sashiko stitches large enough. I worked on some applique and used the blind ladder stitch so the stitches wouldn't show and then hand quilted it so the stitches would be clearly visible. lol
Yes, I thought about that after I had posted. But we have fun doing it and keep the economy going strong. Quilters are the BEST!
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