Olympus Hanafukin Sashiko Sampler  White fabric only. Hana-bishi / Diamond Flowers design

Sashiko Flower Towel Cloth Pack 

White

Stitch in any colour or combination of colours of your choice

If using one colour only, one skein (20 m) of sashiko thread 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