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These pre printed panels from Olympus Thread Mfg. Co. are called 'hana fukin' with literally means 'flower cloth'. They are printed in grey on white coloured narrow width traditional sarashi cloth (an easy to stitch traditional Japanese cotton cloth). Each panel is supplied in one piece with a plain area the same size attached, because they are designed to be stitched through both layers and the edges turned in to make a little cloth, but you can stitch the printed layer separately (as I have done).

This is an easy to stitch design with cute woodland animals, fir trees, and stylised flowers (first photo) - an owl, a hedgehog, and a fox - what's not to like?The flowers look a little like the shippō (seven treasures) design. Another design with a bit of international influence, the Japanese name is 'Foresuto' (a bit of Japanese English - the real word for 'forest' in Japanese is 'mori' 森 (one of my favourite kanji because it is literally the kanji character for 'tree' drawn three times!) The other four photos show four more easy to stitch designs that have just arrived.

Thread requirements - The (1) on the label indicates that to stitch this all in one colour, just one skein of 20m sashiko thread is needed, but they look great stitched in multicolours too, or a varigated thread. Browns and russets would work well for the animals, along with a forest green for the trees, and maybe another natural colour for the flowers... The only colours that don't work so welll on white are white and cream, because they don't show up much when stitched.

 

Sarashi cloth is quite lightweight compared with other sashiko fabrics, but is very easy to stitch, super absorbent and wears well. It is one of the fabrics traditionally used for kimono underwear!

 

Finished size approx 13in (33cm) square.Marks wash out. NB - the marks have less contrast than my pre printed sashiko panels.Designed and made by Olympus Thread Mfg. Co. in Japan.

 

100% cotton.

#H-1031 white sashiko sampler hanafukin panel 'Forest'

£7.50Price

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