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Sashiko Pillow



Sashiko is a traditional Japanese embroidery and quilting art. A simple running stitch creates bold, geometric designs inspired by nature, art, and architecture. The Sashiko needlework practice has been passed down through families since the 1600’s to mend and embellish garments and home
goods for beauty and longevity. In this workshop, we will focus our “small stabs” stitching strategy on a large 18” envelope pillow. Choose from a selection of Sashiko patterns and stencils. Our workshop will allow time to discuss Sashiko’s uses past and present, layout and draw patterns, and get a good start stitching your pillow for completion at home. We’ll provide everything you need for your Sashiko embroidered heirloom. All skill levels welcome!


Requirements: Vaccination and masking are required for participation in this workshop.
Instructor Bio: Rachel Barclay studied Textiles, Installation Sculpture, Printmaking, and Elementary Education in San Francisco and Long Beach, California. Throughout her journey as a creator, educator, and parent, she has focused on making functional sewn and embellished garments, and mixed media textile objects. After learning Sashiko and Visible Mending with Jessica Marquez of Miniature Rhino, Rachel embraced the hand-work practice as an act of mindfulness, empowerment, beauty, and sustainability. She continues to study Sashiko Embroidery online with Kazue Yoshikawa of Sashiko Lab in Kyoto, Japan. Rachel shares her joy of hand-stitching with adults and children, alike, teaching workshops in Sashiko Japanese Embroidery Basics, Sashiko-stitched Tea Towels, Hand Sewn Drawstring Bags, and Visible Mending. Rachel stitches, mends, sews, reads teen fiction, journals, walks, and forages for natural dye materials. She lives in Middlebury, Connecticut alongside her woodworking spouse, Michael Pekovich, and their two young adult offspring. Follow her creative process on Instagram @rachelharrietteb
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The cost of this workshop includes class kit of $20 value: one half yard of cotton or linen fabric, one pair of Olympus brand Sashiko needles, one skein of Sashiko thread, pre-gridded practice sampler, pattern instructions, fabric marker, tapestry needle.

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    • The Quilt Tree
    • thequilttree@gmail.com
    • (845) 353-1501
    • 9 South Broadway, Suite 1
      Nyack, New York 10960