How to start Sashiko stitching for upcycling and creating beautiful designs on fabric.
Sashiko literally means “little stabs” in Japanese. It is an ancient technique made up of evenly spaced running stitches in aesthetically pleasing geometric patterns cloth. It is thought to have first been used around the 17th Century in Japan as a way to extend the life of clothing for the peasant classes. Holes would be patched or layers added to cloth to make them more suitable for winter.
You may have seen pieces of patched cloth referred to as Boro, this means “tattered rags” in Japanese. Many ancient boro clothes still survive today and you will see patches and patches of cloth sewn together, (usually in rich blue colours from indigo dyeing.) they show the patina of wear and tear. Today we might look at them as if they are beautiful pieces of art but at the time they were purely functional, anything that got a hole would be patched to extend it’s life, anything that wore out would be saved to make patches with. Many families were embarrassed by their boro cloths.
There is so much written about Sashiko and boro, do look it up if you are interested in finding out more. www.upcyclestitches.com is a great resource to start from, and give it a go! It’s a very slow and mindful craft.
This is part of Patched Together by sewing social enterprise Make Mee Studio, who are based in Lewisham, South East London.
www.makemeestudio.co.uk/patchedtogether
Patched Together is funded by the Mayor Of London MAKE London Fund.
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