My daughter, Rachel, DM'd me over the weekend about "24 Days of Sashiko" with sashiko.lab, so of course I went to take a look and was immediately intrigued. Did I need another handstitching project right now, with my bow tie quilt and zen with Jen both far from complete? Of course not. But it sounded like a great opportunity to learn more sashiko, so why not?
In fact before I even started stitching, I learned that we'd be doing the Hitomezashi method, where you use a grid as a guide to stitch. Whereas with the Moyozashi method, the pattern itself needs to be drawn on the fabric.
So yes, that means I needed to get started marking some fabric! Since I just found out about the stitch along a couple of days prior to its start, I'm using supplies I have on hand - Kona Windsor for the base cloth, and Aurifloss 2390 [Cinnamon Toast!] for thread. A little unexpected, but when I saw Kazue say she loves stitching in brown and navy, and I saw her sample, I was smitten. Besides, I love brown, and it feels unique. Definitely a different feel from my previous couple of sashiko projects. Anyway, each day's grid is made of 1 cm. or approximately 3/8" squares, with each day's stitching fitting within the 8 cm. grid. So here's my first stitching!
Day 1: Basic pattern-1 - The first pattern is Jyuji-sashi. Jyuji represents 'cross' in Japanese, so we will stitch crosses in some of the squares.
