Thank you for visiting Upcycle Stitches Website. We have been adding more blog posts to enrich the contents of Sashiko and Boro. This is a Sashiko Guide to navigate you through the website.
二ツ谷恵子 & 淳 の刺し子ウェブサイトにお越し下さりありがとうございます。この Upcycle Stitches ウェブは、米国にて活動している淳の刺し子の情報ページです。日本語での情報は、日本にて二ツ谷恵子と運営しているウェブサイトにて掲載しております。英語に続いて日本語での記事もご紹介しておりますので、一読頂けましたら幸いです。
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Contents
- 1 Sashiko Guide | Learn Sashiko Stitching here
- 1.1 The main topics we introduce on the Website
- 1.1.1 How to Start Sashiko | A tutorial from Sashiko Artisans
- 1.1.2 Mending Jeans and Garments with Sashiko
- 1.1.3 Sashiko Thread | The key of good Sashiko
- 1.1.4 BORO | Textile Art from Ancient Japan
- 1.1.5 Sashiko Stitched Fabric from our acheivement
- 1.1.6 Inspiring handmade Sashiko Artwork
- 1.1.7 Sashiko Frequently Asked Questions
- 1.1.8 QuiltCon 2020 Sashiko Workshop | Sashiko Mastery
- 2 刺し子という文化を残したい
Recent Sashiko Blog Post
6 Minutes Video of Transferring Kamon Pattern for Sashiko
Discover the Best Sashiko Thread: Enhance Your Stitching with Sashiko Wisdom
Sashiko Video on Youtube
| Sashiko Guide English
Sashiko Guide | Learn Sashiko Stitching here
This website, Upcycle Stitches, is a place where Atsushi shares his experience and knowledge regarding Sashiko stitching & other Japanese handcrafting culture. We collaborate with the other Sashiko and other hand-crafting artists in Japan and strive to enrich the contents to share the beauty of Sashiko and needlework (Unshin). We hope this post can walk you through as Sashiko Guide.
We provide the best & authentic Sashiko supplies
In order to answer the demand in the market, we provide the Sashiko supplies, such as thread, fabric, needle and thimble, with the great quality. We believe what we introduce on this website is the best in its quality and experience. Everything is made in Japan with respect to the original traditions and the surviving artisans’ comments to maximize the Sashiko Experience. Most of the supplies are available in our Sashiko Store within USA domestic & some international order.
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Sashiko Workshops to learn the traditions
In order to share the traditional Sashiko technique, we offer the Sashiko Workshop. The best way (the most efficient and confirmed way) is to take part in the on-site, Sashiko Stitching Workshop (Core & Basic), that we offer in TriBeCa Area, NYC, every 2 months or so.
For the workshop schedule, please check the Sashiko Workshop Schedule 2019.
Upon the requests for those who cannot travel to NYC, we have been developing the Sashiko Online Workshop.
We have just offered the first workshop in June 2018 and doing our best to continue offering it. Please check the detail here, and register your seat when you find a good time to join it.
Free and Enjoyable opportunity to feel Sashiko
We also offer a Live Streaming on Youtube, every Wednesday at 9 pm in EST (New York Time) to share the actual Sashiko Stitching.
The Live Streaming is for an opportunity to look at how the Sashiko practitioner like Atsushi makes stitching, not a workshop. We would rather talk about the history of Sashiko, Boro and other related things, why we do Sashiko and such rather than how to do Sashiko. You will find some very useful Sashiko Tutorials on our Youtube Channel for those who would teach themselves.
Your requests, questions, and feedbacks are very important for us. We may not be able to accomplish everything we receive, but we will try our best to come up with a reaction. We sincerely believe that the reactions with cares are the core of Sashiko stitching and hand-crafting.
The main topics we introduce on the Website
How to Start Sashiko | A tutorial from Sashiko Artisans
Mending Jeans and Garments with Sashiko
Sashiko Thread | The key of good Sashiko
BORO | Textile Art from Ancient Japan
Sashiko Stitched Fabric from our acheivement
Inspiring handmade Sashiko Artwork
Sashiko Frequently Asked Questions
QuiltCon 2020 Sashiko Workshop | Sashiko Mastery
| Sashiko Guide Japanese
刺し子という文化を残したい
岐阜県にて刺し子業を営む家族の長男として生まれ、長い間、刺し子と向き合ってきました。紆余曲折を経て、米国への移住となりましたが、「刺し子という文化」への尊敬は今も変わっていません。どのような日々を過ごすことによって、「刺し子を後世に残すことができるのか」。この問いを常に抱えて、今後も様々な活動をしていきたいと思っています。
英語で行っている程の頻度ではございませんが、日本語でも情報を発信しております。母親の個人事業である、「Sashi.Co & Keiko Futatsuya (刺し子でデザインする）」のウェブサイトを通して、刺し子に対する私達の思いを言葉にしております。また、私達が使う刺し子糸や針、指ぬき、ハサミといった道具や材料もオンラインにて販売しております。
「刺し子は何か」と定義をしたり、二元論での「正解」と「間違い」を出すことが私達の目的ではなく、「日常に存在していた刺し子」を、できるだけありのままの形で、紹介していければと思っております。
また、毎週火曜日と金曜日の夜11時より、インスタグラムにて「刺し子配信」をしております。
- →刺し子配信についてはこちらをお読みください。
- →Sashi.Co インスタグラムアカウント
お伝えしたい想いが沢山あります。
言葉にできていないものも多く、上手に言葉にできない部分は配信を通して、試行錯誤をしております。
是非、ウェブサイトと配信を通して、私達と刺し子を知って頂ければ幸いです。
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Estimados, me interesa recibir información de sus talleres. Soy argentina, así que voy a tratar de traducir sus instrucciones. Muchas gracias.
Dear Yanina,
Gracias. Por favor lea este artículo sobre la clase de Sashiko en línea.
https://upcyclestitches.com/sashiko-online-class/
I cant seem to place an order. I’m nee to sashiko.
I nee basic things. Thread, needles, thimble, fabric. And a basic book. May I purchase from you?
Sincerely jenyne weingart
jenyne458@yahoo.com
Dear Jenyne,
Thank you for the comment.
I checked the webstore, and it seems everything is okay.
Could you please try again, and let me know what kind of errors you are experiencing?
https://upcyclestitches.com/store/
I have an online class that provide everything you need.
Many people have shared that they enjoyed the online class & they are happy that they started the Sashiko with this method.
I don’t have any recommendation in Sashiko & the workshop/class is the only way that I am sharing the Sashiko we practice (as of 2020).
https://upcyclestitches.com/store/2020-Online-Sashiko-Class-Basic-and-Core-p131842067
Thank you for your consideration.
Best Regards,
Atsushi
Hello,
I am a photographer who loves textiles, I often print images on old fabric and add stitching to them and I love Japanese traditional textiles.
I am going to Japan next week and I will be staying in Kii Peninsula along Kumano Kodo, also Mt Koya, Nara and Tokyo.
I am looking for artisans/museums/ shops/markets that work with sashiko and boro.
Do you have any recommendations?
Thank you so much in advance for any suggestions
Domo arigato – thank you!
Federica