We are happy to announce that our precious Noragi with Boro will make its debut in NYC, when Atsushi host Sashiko workshop in New York Textile Month. Sashi.Co & Keiko Futatsuya uses many kinds of old fabrics (so called Kofu.) All of our “one-of-a-kind” jackets are made from Kofu (sometimes we use […]
Atsushi finally host a Sashiko workshop in New York City ! Sashi.Co & Keiko Futatsuya support Atsushi 100% and Atsushi will teach & share how we do Sashiko. No Sashiko experience is required. Everything you need to enjoy Sashiko is included in the workshop. Just bring yourself to NYC in NEW YORK TEXTILE MONTH (September). […]
We, Sashi.Co & Keiko Futatsuya, finally start dealing with Boro. Boro became so famous all over the world, and people who enjoy and appreciate the hand-stitching art fell love in the natural beauty of Boro. We also enjoy Boro, too. Then, why are these the first Boro pieces? The reason is simple. When […]
It has been more than a half year since I had posted the article on this website. Regardless of my vacancy, I am happy that some customers find this webpage and made order. Thank you so much. Sashi.Co & Keiko have been working on its project while I (Atsushi) was absent online. I didn’t know how […]
Thanks to big interest in our works, our collection of Natural Herb Dye thread is almost sold out! We are working on producing more Natural Herb Dye thread. Meanwhile, don’t miss our good variation of Sashiko thread chemically dyed. They are specifically designed for Sashiko purpose, and we believe they are the best in Sashiko […]
Sashiko threads dyed with Natural Herbs and Vegetables are almost sold out. Thank you very much for your interests. We still have few skeins for: 003 – Tangara 010 – Lac Dye 015 – Western Madder The shelves for other colors are empty. We will work on creating new colors as […]
Another Sashiko Patterns from Japanese tradition. Symmetric Seikai-Ha patten is also very famous and popular pattern in Sashiko design. This pattern represent the blue ocean wave (“青海波” literary means Blue Ocean Wave). Sashiko is known as a wisdom among women who lived in mountainous region where they lost their agricultural jobs during severe winter time. At the […]
Sashiko has so many traditional pattens. Symmetric Asa-no-Ha patten is probably the most famous and popular pattern in Sashiko design. In Sashiko history, the Japanese people practiced sashiko with Indigo Dye blue fabric and original white (or dyed with vegetable) thread. Indigo had purpose of insect repellent. In addition to this practical purpose, they believed […]
After long silence, we finally released the first Sashiko newsletter. This time, I just share our very first tutorials. In newsletters, I will inform “Sale Information”, “New product update”, and much more informative things from Sashi.Co & Keiko Futatsuya. It is absolutely free to subscribe it. Please join our Sashi.Co Mailing List and get our latest […]
Introduction of Japanese traditional pattern, the design from a coat of arm. Ju-Mon-Giku (十紋菊）Pattern. It represent a chrysanthemum.
Pensylvania, USA | Offering Sashiko workshop as well as Sashiko Supplies.
Otsuchi Town, Iwate, Japan | A recovery project from Great Earthquake in 2011. Keiko is an advisor in the project