After waiting a few days to get some red cotton sashiko thread, I went ahead and finished up sashiko sampler #5. I really like this bright red, as it rather glows against the denim, and is nicely balanced by the creamy white threads of the grid.
The goal here was to create a geometric pattern in colors. Patterns which have a rhythm to them are more appealing – I am not sure why! The red threads are designed to create a plus sign (+) in the center of each square, and some do, some do not. It doesn’t really matter all that much to me in some ways as I like the imperfection of the stitches. Despite that, the pattern does work overall. If you nitpick and look at each square and plus sign, you will see mistakes and uneven work. The center of each grid was drawn in freehand and then sewn, and I worked to see the center of my work rather than following lines.
Below is the reverse of this pattern. I worked the stitching from the front of the material. Sashiko #6 will be worked on the reverse side of the fabric as I have read and seen it done that way, too.
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I love the red. I especially like the way it turned out on the wrong side of the fabric.
Nice pop of red. I had a look on google images, some beautiful stuff done with this technique.
I like the red, too. And using different colors of fabric as the base. There are lots of beautiful samples of sashiko out there. Are you going to give sashiko a shot, Fraggy? 😉 Like a photo shot?
No, not for me sewing stuff 🤣
My turn to needle you, Ms. Fraggy.
I don’t needle, don’t knit either. Or crochet come to think of it. Or embroider. My Mum was great at all that, I think that’s the only teenage rebellion I had!
We all have different interests. You do mosaics – me? Never. I have been knitting and sewing since around 5 – I have always liked working with my hands. Fancy embroidery I admire but have no patience for it. But the sashiko is actually quite interesting because of the designs. Your mother’s creativity helped make you creative in your own way – imagine what a bore life would be if all we did was buy stuff rather than make it! (BTW if that was your only teenage rebellion, I am impressed – you don’t strike me as especially staid . . . )
I’m not staid, but neither was Mum, I learned a lot from her.
Good to know!