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The Emporia => Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside => Topic started by: Lowena on June 18, 2017, 13:51:09 PM
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I have finished my Sashiko cushion and wanted to share as it is my first attempt.
I used thin linen in indigo and a traditional flower pattern.I had cotton backing and perle thread.
I actually used several pastel colours but they don't show up on the photo. The colour changes are very subtle.
For a first attempt I am pleased with the result :)
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Low's pic
Love it Lowena
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Oh, thank you so much Vege <3 I'd come back to transfer it myself ( now I've calmed down :| ) and am very grateful to you <3
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That's lovely Lowena.
Did you use a template or a transfer or your eye or what? It looks very accurate (not that I know what I'm looking for particularly) but it looks very good to me.
Well done you.
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(I've already written this but it seems to have disappeared - it will probably appear twice now)
That is lovely Lowena, it's the first actual sashiko thing I've seen, I've only seen samples of stitches before.
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Thank you Ploshy, I'm going to do a tote bag next I think. Then I hope to do a small quilt using KANTHA quilting
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Lovely job
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Thats lovely Lowena, so simple but so effective.
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Kantha is Indian/Bangladeshi. Sachiko is Japanese as is it's cousin Kogin.
They are all based on hand running stitch and traditionally used to hold two (or more) layers of fabric together for warmth and for giving a new lease of life to old fabrics, but they have all, fairly recently, evolved into art forms of embroidery.
Kantha is parallel rows of running stitch, either in straight lines like this, (https://theindianweave.com/collections/stoles/products/copy-of-colourful-kantha-silk-reversible-hand-embroidered-scarf-from-west-bengal) or in swirling lines to echo a printed design on the fabric like this. (http://swadesh.unnatisilks.com/beautiful-thread-magic-sarees-kantha-embroidery/)
Sachiko from Japan has evolved into grid based designs using just running stitch. Lowena's lovely cushion is a very typical Sachiko pattern, here are some others (http://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/tag/sashiko/). White on indigo is classic.
Kogin originated in Northern Japan and has developed into a form of counted thread embroidery, typical patterns look like these. (https://jtex.wordpress.com/category/kogin/) A couple of weeks ago we did a Kogin workshp day at Craft club and I made my little bit into a needle book. Technically there's a bit of Sachiko there too, on the right hand side.
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Thanks for that Brenda. Great links and beautiful work. :loveit:
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That's lovely Lowena, I can't hand sew very neatly at all now. Great job! :toast:
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Thanks girls and thanks for the great links Brenda <3
My drawing of an elephant will need much modification before I ca start sewing. I haven't been to Japan but have been to Bangladesh and India ( several times ) and loved the Kantha work there :)
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Lovely cushion Lowie, just lovely. I admire people who have the patience and eyesight (!) to do needlework. I watched a documentary on Sashiko a while back. Very interesting.
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Thank you Ruby <3