This is my first experience with Sashiko. I found it relaxing and fun.
Sashiko is a type of embroidery stitching from Japan. It uses a running stitch. In 2011 I took a Sashiko class at the City Quilter in Manhattan. At that time I purchased a kit and started this piece. I completed the Sashiko stitching shortly after the class. But I did not sew it into a pillow until yesterday. One of the great results of having a blog is that it encourages me to complete projects.
Eclectic Lamb 
Oh wow a class well worth attending. I like embroidery, and would like to try a small project. Very nice project, and it highlights the room. Be Blessed, Mtetar
Lovely!
Thank you. I took the photo in my blue guest room. Sashiko is fun to try. The kit I tried came with a printed side and blank extra material to make into a pillow, bag, or whatever.
Thank you!
Wow costly I guess. You’re welcome. Be Blessed, Mtetar
I LOVE that!!!
Thank you so much!
I agree with you about blogging and finishing projects. When I blogged, I always felt pressed to finish projects and photograph and write about them. Since I abandoned my blogging, unfinished things do pile up. The up side is that I experiment more and spend time chasing down interesting stitchery than I used to. I seem to take more risks, now. Some work, some don’t, but at least I tried!
And I LOVE your pillow!
This is beautiful Kathy! Amazing how simple lines can turn it into a piece of art!
Thank you Winnie! I agree.
Thank you so much! Thanks for sharing your blogging experience. I tend not to do things that I won’t put on my blog for whatever reason. So those things take longer to complete or don’t happen.
It’s lovely, you did a great job
Its a beautiful pillow. Must really need time to do those embroidery on it. Great job!
Thank you!
Thank you. The stitching went quick – running stitch and load the long needle. It was the procrastinating of sewing it into a pillow that took time.
Very nice!
Thank you!
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Awesome! Beautiful, neat work! I agree with you about blogging and finishing things. I am a heap of lazy bones and blogging makes me move it around. Good job! Keep motivated! Expecting more finished projects!
Thank you so much! Now I need to think up which unfinished projects I want to showcase on my blog.
Once again I will say this: you are so damned creative and I love it! Beautiful work – I admire your patience!
Thank you so much!
I love Sashiko, too. It is very meditative, since the stitch is easy, but the result is so clear and uncluttered. Same as you, I purchased a kit (from “Purl of Soho”) a couple years ago and made a pillow. Good beginner’s project!
Have you posted about Sashiko projects? I just did a search on your blog but could not find any quickly. I have another kit to try that a friend sent from Japan. It is a for a wallet but it does not come with the plastic sleeves to hold cards and I have been unable to find them.
No, that was before my blogging days. I tried to think where you could find the plastic sleeves…I went to a sewing and quilting show recently where one company sold a lot of Sashiko kits and such, but of course I didn’t keep their card. If I can think of anything I will let you know.
Thank you!
That is awesome, very pretty!
Thank you!
very cool. you did very well on this one. it looks flawless in the picture.
Thank you so much!