Hello, my friends! My brain is extremely full right now, what with K’s prom and graduation and big trips (visiting my parents in Japan! Moving K to Chicago!) and other big life upheavals careening towards me. I’m keeping this month’s update super mini, and just wanted to let you know about an exciting new class I’ll be teaching for the incredible Tatter. The virtual class will be on July 18th and 25th, featuring hand stitched Sashiko slip ons (aka slippers or house shoes). Click here to find out more details and to register. It’s going to be so fun and meditative!!
The stitching on the white pair of slip ons is a little hard to see in the photo, but it’s a more abstract pattern with Sashiko stitching:
Alright! There are graduation events to plan, itineraries to confirm, travel outfits to sew, and overwrought sentimentality (mine) to manage…I hope that May was a good month for you all, and my aim is to be back next month with juicy updates, but with all the craziness going on right now, I may end up skipping a month or two.
P.S. The lovely Annette Leonard interviewed me for her Chronic Wellness show here. I prattle on about my health “journey” as it were and how I’ve been having a déjà vu health crisis reversal experience. As per usual, I never listen back to any of these types of things that I do, and I hope it’s interesting or at least a little helpful for folks.
Hi Sanae!
Thank you for a lovely Sashiko class this afternoon. I wanted to ask about the adorable triangle purses you had today. Where did you get the pattern for them? Is it from one of the books you showed us?
Thank you!
Barbara
Hello Barbara! I created the Triangle pouches based on a PDF I created for Creativebug, which will be a free printable in the near future (if you do a search on Sanae Ishida Creativebug, all the classes I’ve taught for them will come up. I think my method is simpler than what I’ve seen online, but there are a number of free tutorials for triangle pouches.
Thanks for taking part in the Sashiko class!