Beginning Sashiko Workshop at the New England Quilt Museum

Sunday, November 17 · 10 am to 2 pm

Join instructor Miho Takeuchi for this beginning Sashiko class in the Museum’s Genre Gallery. The class is limited to 12 participants. Advanced registration and payment are required.

Workshop: $36.00 per person, plus $20 to the instructor for materials (Students may pay the instructor with cash or personal check on the day of the workshop.)

To register, email [email protected] or call Visitor Services at 978-452-4207, ext 16

Sashiko is a very old form of hand sewing using a simple running stitch, sewn in repeating or interlocking patterns through one or more layers of fabric. It is important to keep the stitches as even in length and as regular as possible.

The objective of this class is to become familiar with Sashiko. We will learn what Sashiko is through reading materials. To practice Sashiko stitching, a material we are using in the class has a traditional Sashiko pattern pre-transferred onto the fabric in the form of a stencil. Some Sashiko paper patterns are also provided at the class.

We will also learn how to trace patterns in the second half of the class.

Material package ($20) includes:  Flat-woven cotton fabric that has a Sashiko pattern pre-printed  Sashiko thread  Sashiko needles  Traditional Sashiko patterns  Reading materials

Participants must bring the following items to the workshop:  Waxed carbon (Must be waxed)  Soft tracing wheel (not spiky one)  FQ of flat-woven fabric (We practice transferring patterns and stitch)  Flower pins and thimbles  Sheet protectors (light weight)  Scissors  Tracer pen or a ballpoint pen