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These are super easy chef's towel with Sashiko sampler.

Looks great in the kitchen and very functional. Since it's made of Sarashi-momen, you can wash whenever it gets dirty and hang it even on a chair for a little bit and it will dry in no time!

Makes a cute hand made gift too. Of course you don't necessarily have to make the sampler into chef's towel you can turn this into a pillow or even a bag.

Newborn baby clothes by EmmaCreation Craft Gala

The white baby baby clothes was designed and made by a staff of EmmaCreation Craft Gala.

This is Japanese version of baby coveralls.
In Japan, new born baby clothes are still made from gauze or sarashi-momen, because it dries fast and gentle on sensitive skin.

Sarashi- momen is also commonly used as tummy sleeve or maternity.

Sarashi-momen is available for 11 yard per bolt with 37cm width. Free pattern for this clothes will be available on PDF very soon.

Super easy to make and super cute customizable baby clothes, this project will be the next sure hit at your store!

The very left package of fabric is Sashiko sampler. They are preprinted wash-out Sashiko patterns. Depending on the pattern, you have a color option of white, navy or even other colors like pink or mustard.

Then Sashiko thread, Sashiko needle and leather thimble.

This would be the complete starter kit to Sashiko. At a store, this should run more or less around $20.

Sashiko sampler can be made into a dishcloth as intended traditionally, or you can make them into a 12" pillow.

If you would like to learn and teach how to stitch traditional Sashiko, please check out the Sashiko Correspondance course.

For all the Sashiko patterns and products please follow the link here.

Did you know there used to be 4 more patterned to what are standard 12 patterns awhile back?

They were more complicated and was only available in white.

EmmaCreation has brought back one of them, but to make it even better (and to make it easier to do), brought back MARUBISHAMON!

Some of you might remember this pattern from the past. Doesn't it look gorgeous in navy?

Unlike other Sashiko pattern, you cannot do a long running stitch. So if you do Sashiko in the traditional way by not making a knot, you are in for a long project. But, since the back of this pattern looks... not nice, its better to make it into a pillow or anything that the back of this pattern would not show, and just make the knots.

I personally thought this pattern looked like a whole bunch of wish bones, but Yoko who stitched this for us told me the song "Take me out to the ball game" would not stop playing while she was stitching this. (It is mostly because you do have to finish one circle at a time and those do look like a baseball).  Also, I'm sure that because I mentioned that, that song will be playing in your head while stitching this. Sorry!

Here is the picture of pillow version Marubishamon.

SC-0245  (SRP: $9.00 per pack, available only in Navy)

For more information on other Sashiko goods click here.

Yoko made a tassel with OLYMPUS embroidery threads added some beads to step the regular tassels up a notch.

OLYMPUS embroidery theads do not bleed out when wet so no need to worry about that.

So cute as scissor charm so you know which one is yours or to make it easier to grab or find it.

I made a small one to put it on my cell phone so I can find it in my purse or catch it when I almost drop my phone.