I discovered Japanese embroidery a few years ago on one of my trips to Japan and it’s become one of my favourite things to do during lockdown, creating beautiful, colourful traditional patterns and free stitching to mend my clothes, inspired by the vintage Boro fabrics I collect on my travels. And, in 2019, I discovered Kogin counted thread Sashiko, which is so much fun.

I’ve been teaching Japanese embroidery techniques for the last couple of years and I’m just enjoying it more and more and want to introduce you to everything too so here is my Japanese embroidery and mending bundle.

You get all four of my online Japanese sewing classes plus a pack with fabric, thread, needles, marker pen, patterns and patches, which I will send you by post on ordering.

Classes:

Moyozashi (Pattern) Sashiko
Hitomezashi (One stitch) Sashiko
Kogin counted thread Sashiko embroidery
Boro inspired mending

For full details of these classes visit my workshops page.

The four classes would normally cost £150 and the materials another £100, £250 in total but I’m offering this bundle for just £200, effectively giving you half the materials for free.

Pack includes:

2 white cotton tote bags to sew Moyozashi and Hitomezashi Sashiko patterns onto
6 coloured sashiko threads - navy, white or cream, light green and red, which you can use for the Sashiko and Boro classes (plus two bonus threads, colour selected at random)
2 Sashiko needles - 1 long and 1 short
1 piece of sandpaper (for Sashiko classes)
1 soluble marker pen (may be air or water soluble and brand may differ from one shown)
1 piece of evenweave Kogin fabric - White or Cream
1 Kogin embroidery needle
2 Kogin threads
3 spools Aurifil cotton embroidery floss - I will pick a contrast colour for you
6 vintage Boro patches - at least 12 x8 cm - Shibori, Striped, Checked, Kasuri and 2 mystery pieces!
Patterns for all classes: including five Moyozashi sahiko patterns, three Hitomezashi patterns and eight Kogin patterns. I have included some. of my own designs of each for you as well.

Delivery is free for UK customers.

On purchase you will be sent an email inviting you to select dates for your classes.

Terms and Conditions:

Classes need to be booked and taken with 1 year of purchase.

I reserve the right to swap thread colours based on stock availability