Olympus Hanafukin Sashiko Sampler White fabric only. Kaku-kikkou-tsunagi / Turtle Shell design
Sashiko Flower Towel Cloth Pack
White
Stitch in any colour or combination of colours of your choice
Three skeins (20 m) of sashiko thread or one 80m skein will be used to complete this.
You will also need a sashiko needle
This printed fabric is made by Olympus in Japan
All of the packaging and instructions are in Japanese.
The instructions are mainly pictorial and quite easy to understand.
If you do wish to translate, it is very easy to do this with your phone and google translate.
This is a Hanafukin / flower cloth set
Set contents: flower cloth x 1
Each panel has the printed design plus an equal amount of plain fabric, this can be used as backing or you can sew through both layers of fabric with your embroidery
The finished size is approx 34 x 34 cm
Fabric is 100% cotton
The printed design will wash out
Sashiko embroidery is quite different to other forms of embroidery.
A hoop is not used.
The needle is long and inflexible - this is so that several of the sashiko running stitches can be gathered onto the needle at once.
The fabric is then gently pulled taut to distribute the thread evenly and ensure there is no puckering.
It is basically a simple running stitch that creates this beautiful (and very addictive) form of embroidery.Olympus