Upcycling with Sashiko Embroidery

Overview

“In this lesson, I'll demonstrate how to mend with Sashiko, whether placing the patch behind or in front of the fabric. You'll learn various techniques to heal and beautify your garments effectively.”

In this video lesson Kate Ward addresses the topic: Mending Techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Upcycling with Sashiko Embroidery. Learn the traditional Japanese technique of sashiko embroidery and create sustainable garments with Kate Ward.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson we are going to learn how to finish our samples. We have done our stitching and we still have the marks on our fabric from the grid that we've drawn up and also some of the reference notes that we may have had to help with the stitching process. So the next bit is where the magic really happens and that's where we will wash it, dry it and iron it. Now there are a couple of different ways that we can do this. You can do it by hand using just a little bit of hand soap and put it out to dry or if you have less time and maybe a little bit impatient you can also put it in the wash...”

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Course summary for: Upcycling with Sashiko Embroidery

• Level: Beginner
• 594 students
• 5 units
• 20 lessons (4h 21m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Embroidery