Product Description: The perfect introduction to a Japanese sewing craft. Step-by-step instructions for stitching patterns inspired by natural motifs, including 60 traditional patterns, and suggestions for basic sewing projects.

Product Description: With their beautiful, soft sepia color range, contemporary Japanese quilts stand out for their sophisticated reinvention of patchwork and appliqué blocks. These cool, calm quilts are as much at home in modern country style as they are in chic, urban settings...read more

Product Description: Sashiko is a traditional and distinctive form of embroidery characterized by running stitches ("little stabs") typically in white thread on indigo-blue fabric. Originally used by Japanese farmers to quilt together several layers of fabric for warmth and durability, sashiko patterns are increasingly being adapted as decorative elements in contemporary designs and needlecraft projects...read more

Product Description: Because each folded patchwork square is a self-contained unit it is possible to make them as you go along, during a busy day, watching television, or on holiday. Joining the pieces when you have the time and space almost makes an instant quilt...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Describes the craft of sashiko, and depicts and explains the meaning of various patterns

Introduces Japanese quilting, and shares patchwork, applique, and quilting patterns

Provides patterns and directions for a variety of traditional and contemporary projects using the Japanese sashiko technique

Describes the equipment, materials, and techniques used to create a traditional Sashiko quilt, and shows how to transfer designs