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New things from Olympus, Japan
I am adding a lot of lovely new Japanese fabrics to my online shop in the next few days, including the full range of my favourite Azumino cotton fabrics as 55 x 45cm precuts. This is the same Olympus...
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LIMITED EDITION printed sashiko panels - Autumn colours
Olympus have printed a special limited edition of my sashiko panels on Autumn colours - brick red (above), mustard yellow and russet. I have just over 20 of each of these panels for sale, now listed...
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A reader's version of my sashiko patchwork
Laura Parsons posted her version of my boro-inspired sashiko patchwork from 'Japanese Sashiko Inspirations' and 'Simple Sashiko' on the UK Quilters United Facebook page and she has given me permission...
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Recent events - quilt shows, workshops and another tansu
Uploading photos to the blog from my phone is a very fiddly process! Blogger no longer has an app, so I have to upload them via the web version of the blog (tiny text) on my phone, and then blogger...
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Fine sashiko threads in the online shop - at last!
Now I have fine sashiko thread for sale in my online shop! It took a bit of work to get all the threads photographed and listed, but now it is done (apart from about 3 colours not in stock at the...
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World Textile Day North on Saturday 28th September
Press release -The World Textile Day team will be back in Frodsham on Saturday (28th) for another wonderful day out for everyone who loves textiles. A collection of world textile traders and collectors...
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Fun with hitomezashi - the 'one stitch sashiko' that looks like blackwork
Hitomezashi (one stitch sashiko) is what really drew me in to wanting to learn how to stitch sashiko. I found the small geometric patterns totally fascinating, even more so when I found out that they...
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FREE UK shipping in my internet shop (and internationl shipping rates reduced)
I've had a lot of customers asking if we will be at the Autumn Quilt Festival at Duxford this weekend, but I'm sorry, I'm teaching my sashiko course in Stockton! So I have changed the shipping rates on...
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Celebrate Autumn - 10% off on autumnal coloured fabrics
My first online 'sale', last weekend's free UK shipping (and reduced overseas rates), was over so quickly, several people didn't spot it - sorry! So I decided to have a special sale to celebrate the...
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Exploring Boro at Greenbank Gardens
Last Saturday, I had a creative day with Renfrewshire Embroiderers' Guild, when we 'Explored Japanese Boro' with new versions of my Mt Fuji boro inspired picture in the morning. After lunch, some...
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Kimono through History - at Dalgarven Mill
There is an excellent exhibition of Japanese kimono on at the moment at Dalgarven Mill, Kilwinning, until 15th December. As kimono are so varied in design and it is very rare every to see two identical...
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Yuza Sashiko Guild - first book in English
Reiko Domon posted some photos this morning of the new Yuza Sashiko book, The Magic of Yuza Sashiko, which their guild have just published. I haven't seen it yet but hope to get my copy soon. Yuza...
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Countdown to Christmas in my internet shop - yukata panels!
I have started the long, long job of listing my cotton yukata fabric panels in my online shop, putting up one new fabric a day as my 'Countdown to Christmas' - an Advent calendar of yukata fabrics -...
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Lucky Bags - New Year Sale
I started my 'Solstice thru New Year SALE' on 21st December at www.susanbriscoe.com with some fukubukuro or 'lucky bags'.Do you know the Japanese New Year sale tradtion of the Lucky Bag? You get a...
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Back to the blog!
As it has been for everyone, life has been quite frantic and strange for the last few months. Now I have a bit more time to sort out the photos properly, it is time for me to revive my blog. You can...
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The end of Denman College
I was very sad to read about this on Facebook tonight - Denman College is likely to close. I taught a lot of sashiko courses at Denman College, before I moved to Scotland. It will be missed. See more...
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My sashiko stitch along sampler quilt - what's it all about?
The sashiko sampler quilts I made for 'The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook' and 'Japanese Quilt Blocks to Mix and Match have always been popular, and I have used a sampler format for the longer sashiko...
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Looking at kamon (family crests) once again
Kamon, Japanese (family) crests are a wonderful design resource that I have used a lot for sashiko. I wrote an earlier blog post about them here, but since then I've taken many more photos of kamon on...
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Reiko Domon's kamon crests sashiko & applique sampler
I've been having a glitch with my website email newsletter this morning, as the links don't work when I send it - although everything seems to work fine when I check the newsletter preview! So here's...
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Sashiko sampler stitch along - let’s get started!
I have finished stitching the first set of blocks for my sashiko sampler stitch along, using the ink black versions of my sashiko panels (A2009 and C2009) and an assortment of bright colours from the...
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