Inside the pack
Three patterns, ready to stitch
Kikkō · tortoiseshell
The tortoise carries ten thousand years — a wish for long life, stitched in honeycomb.
Uroko · fish scales
Rows of protective triangles, worn under samurai armour. A quick win for your first evening.
Higaki · cypress fence
Woven herringbone from old garden fences. Makes denim look extraordinary.
Also inside
Print-true stitching grids
5 mm, 1 cm and triangular grids with calibration bars on every page — print at 100% scale, check the bar against a ruler, and transfer with any method from Chapter 6. Photocopy them for as long as you stitch.
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These bonuses accompany the book
Sashiko & Slow Stitching for Beginners is a complete beginner's course in Japanese slow stitching — the traditional rocking stitch, 16 patterns with their histories, and 12 graded projects from coasters to an heirloom sampler quilt. No machine. No experience. No perfection required.