Kugurizashi Sashiko Pre-printed Fabric, Shizuku Design wildflower pattern Olympus Manufacturing in Japan maintains

Olympus Manufacturing in Japan maintains very high quality standards for their  manufactured in Japan Kofu fabrics

With no set-in sleeve and no closures

This is also a good place to use your sashiko samplers- add as an outside pocket on the front of the bag

You may have seen it called mouse grey or light grey

front pockets

Kugurizashi Sashiko Pre-printed Fabric, Shizuku Design wildflower pattern Olympus Manufacturing in Japan maintainsThis kugurizashi sashiko pattern is pre printed with wash out ink to make it easy to start your stitching. Although it looks look impressively complicated the stitching breaks down into easy to do enjoyable stitching steps! This pattern belongs to a style of sashiko stitching called Kugurizashi (weaving under stitches). It is a two step sashiko stitching style. First you stitch a Hitomezashi (one stitch) sashiko pattern and then you weave under those