Sashiko
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Sashiko is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery or stitching used for the decorative and/or functional reinforcement of cloth and clothing. Owing to the relatively cheap nature of white cotton th
Detail of a mid-19th-century kimono decorated using sashiko, with white cotton threads on an indigo-dyed plain weave background (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Child's sleeping mat (boro shikimono), late 1800s. The stitches are decorative, but also functional; they hold the pieced cotton rags together
An assortment of sashiko designs
Reversible Fireman's Coat with Interlocking Circles, Chinese Characters and Ginkgo Leaves LACMA M.2000.78
Embroidery stitch
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In everyday language, a stitch in the context of embroidery or hand-sewing is defined as the movement of the embroidery needle from the back of the fibre to the front side and back to the back side. T
An illustration of chain stitching.
