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with white <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> threads on an <a href="/wiki/Indigo" title="Indigo">indigo</a>-dyed <a href="/wiki/Plain_weave" title="Plain weave">plain weave</a> background (<a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Child%27s_Sleeping_Mat_(boro_Shikimono),_late_19th_century_(CH_1108827543).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Child%27s_Sleeping_Mat_%28boro_Shikimono%29%2C_late_19th_century_%28CH_1108827543%29.jpg/440px-Child%27s_Sleeping_Mat_%28boro_Shikimono%29%2C_late_19th_century_%28CH_1108827543%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="440" height="243" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Meiji period">Meiji period</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art" title="Los Angeles County Museum of Art">Los Angeles County Museum of Art</a>)</div></div></div></div> <p><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><b>Sashiko</b></i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">刺し子</span></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">little stabs</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>)</span> is a type of traditional <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Embroidery_stitch" title="Embroidery stitch">embroidery</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sewing" title="Sewing">stitching</a> used for the decorative and/or functional reinforcement of cloth and clothing. Owing to the relatively cheap nature of white <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> thread and the abundant nature of cheap, <a href="/wiki/Indigo" title="Indigo">indigo</a>-dyed blue cloth in historical Japan, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> has a distinctive appearance of white-on-blue embroidery, though some decorative pieces may also use red thread.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sashiko&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>First coming into existence in the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a> (1603–1867), <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> embroidery was first applied to clothing out of a practical need, and would have been used to strengthen the homespun clothes of olden times. Worn out clothes were pieced together to make new garments by using simple running stitches. These clothes increased their strength with this durable embroidery. By the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_era" title="Meiji era">Meiji period</a> (1868–1912), <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> had been established enough that it had evolved into winter work in northern farming communities, when it was too cold to work outside.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Sashiko</i></span> was commonly used to reinforce already-patched clothing around points of wear, but would also be used to attach patches to clothing, making the fabric ultimately stronger. It would also be used to layer thin fabrics to create warmth, and, in the case of some garments such as the coats of firemen <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">(hikeshibanten)</i></span>, to create a thick and absorbent material that would be soaked in water before carrying out duties as a fireman. Though most <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> utilises only a plain <a href="/wiki/Running_stitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Running stitch">running stitch</a> technique, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> is commonly used to create decorative and repeated embroidered patterns, and may be used for purely decorative purposes, such as in the creation of <a href="/wiki/Quilting" title="Quilting">quilts</a> and embroidery samplers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Designs_and_patterns">Designs and patterns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sashiko&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Designs and patterns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sashiko_by_volunteers,_2012_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00807.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Sashiko_by_volunteers%2C_2012_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00807.JPG/220px-Sashiko_by_volunteers%2C_2012_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00807.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Sashiko_by_volunteers%2C_2012_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00807.JPG/330px-Sashiko_by_volunteers%2C_2012_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00807.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Sashiko_by_volunteers%2C_2012_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00807.JPG/440px-Sashiko_by_volunteers%2C_2012_-_Textile_Museum_of_Canada_-_DSC00807.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>An assortment of sashiko designs</figcaption></figure> <p><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Sashiko</i></span> utilises mostly geometric patterns, which fall into two main styles; <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">moyōzashi</i></span>, in which patterns are created with long lines of running stitches; and <span title="Japanese-language text"><i lang="ja-Latn">hitomezashi</i></span>, where the pattern emerges from the alignment of single stitches made on a grid. Common <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> motifs are waves, mountains, bamboo, arrow feathers, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">shippō-tsunagi</i></span>, pampas grass and interlocking geometric shapes, amongst others.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Sashiko</i></span> embroidery is traditionally applied with the use of specialist <a href="/wiki/Sewing_needle" title="Sewing needle">needles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thread_(yarn)" title="Thread (yarn)">thread</a>, though modern day <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> may use modern embroidery threads and embroidery needles. </p><p>Many <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> patterns were derived from Chinese designs, but just as many were developed by native Japanese embroiderers; for example, the style known as <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kogin-zashi" title="Kogin-zashi">kogin-zashi</a></i></span>, which generally consists of diamond-shaped patterns in horizontal rows, is a distinctive variety of <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> that was developed in <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture" title="Aomori Prefecture">Aomori Prefecture</a>. Other developments in <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> have come from the work of Japanese artists, such as <a href="/wiki/Katsushika_Hokusai" class="mw-redirect" title="Katsushika Hokusai">Katsushika Hokusai</a> (1760–1849), whose 1824 <i>New Forms for Design</i> inspired many <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> patterns. </p><p><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Sashiko</i></span> designs typically derive from nature, with some, considered to hold symbolism, seen particularly on garments such as the coats of fishermen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Common_sashiko_patterns">Common <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sashiko</i></span> patterns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sashiko&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Common sashiko patterns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tate-jima</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">縦縞</span></span>, vertical stripes)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yoko-jima</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">横縞</span></span>, horizontal stripes)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kōshi</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">格子</span></span>, checks)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nakamura kōshi</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">中村格子</span></span>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Full_plaud&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Full plaud (page does not exist)">plaid</a> design of the <a href="/wiki/Nakamura_(surname)" title="Nakamura (surname)">Nakamura</a> family)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Hishi-moyō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">菱模様</span></span>, diamonds)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yarai</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">矢来</span></span>, bamboo fence)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Hishi-igeta</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">菱井桁</span></span>, parallel diamonds or crossed cords)</span> — also known as <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">tasuki</i></span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kagome_lattice" class="mw-redirect" title="Kagome lattice">Kagome</a></i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">籠目</span></span>, woven <a href="/wiki/Bamboo" title="Bamboo">bamboo</a>)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Uroko</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">鱗</span></span>, <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a> scales)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tate-waku</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">竪沸く</span></span>, rising stream)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Fundō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">分銅</span></span>, counterweights)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shippō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">七宝</span></span>, seven treasures of the <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Buddha</a>)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Amime</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">網目</span></span>, fishing nets)</span></li> <li><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Toridasuki</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">鳥襷</span></span>, interlaced circles of two birds)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sashiko&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Briscoe, Susan. The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook: Patterns, Projects, and Inspirations. Davi & Charles Brunel House, Wisconsin. 2005. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0715318470" title="Special:BookSources/0715318470">0715318470</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurke_Harris2013" class="citation book cs1">Burke Harris, Erin (2013). <i>QuiltEssential</i>. Concord, CA: C&T Publishing. p. 102. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60705-793-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60705-793-2"><bdi>978-1-60705-793-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=QuiltEssential&rft.place=Concord%2C+CA&rft.pages=102&rft.pub=C%26T+Publishing&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-60705-793-2&rft.aulast=Burke+Harris&rft.aufirst=Erin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASashiko" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Briscoe, Susan. The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook: Patterns, Projects, and Inspirations. Davi & Charles Brunel House, Wisconsin. 2005. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0715318470" title="Special:BookSources/0715318470">0715318470</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBriscoe2005" class="citation book cs1">Briscoe, Susan (2005). <i>The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook</i>. Iola, WI: F & W Publications, Inc. p. 11. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89689-186-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-89689-186-0"><bdi>0-89689-186-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Ultimate+Sashiko+Sourcebook&rft.place=Iola%2C+WI&rft.pages=11&rft.pub=F+%26+W+Publications%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-89689-186-0&rft.aulast=Briscoe&rft.aufirst=Susan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASashiko" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sashiko&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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stitch">Embroidery stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Featherstitch" title="Featherstitch">Featherstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holbein_stitch" title="Holbein stitch">Holbein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parisian_stitch" title="Parisian stitch">Parisian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_stitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Running stitch">Running</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satin_stitch" title="Satin stitch">Satin stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sashiko_stitching" class="mw-redirect" title="Sashiko stitching">Sashiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shisha_(embroidery)" title="Shisha (embroidery)">Shisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straight_stitch" title="Straight stitch">Straight stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tent_stitch" title="Tent stitch">Tent stitch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tools and materials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aida_cloth" title="Aida cloth">Aida cloth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_hoop" class="mw-redirect" title="Embroidery hoop">Embroidery hoop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_thread" title="Embroidery thread">Embroidery thread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Even-weave" class="mw-redirect" title="Even-weave">Evenweave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perforated_paper" title="Perforated paper">Perforated paper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainweave" title="Plainweave">Plainweave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plastic_canvas" title="Plastic canvas">Plastic canvas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sampler_(needlework)" title="Sampler (needlework)">Sampler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slip_(needlework)" title="Slip (needlework)">Slip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarn" title="Yarn">Yarn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>and historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_needlework" title="Art needlework">Art needlework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balochi_needlework" title="Balochi needlework">Balochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_embroidery" title="Brazilian embroidery">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunka_shishu" title="Bunka shishu">Bunka shishu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalaga" title="Kalaga">Burmese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chikan_(embroidery)" title="Chikan (embroidery)">Chikan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_embroidery" title="Chinese embroidery">Chinese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cantonese_embroidery" title="Cantonese embroidery">Cantonese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sichuan_embroidery" title="Sichuan embroidery">Sichuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzhou_embroidery" title="Suzhou embroidery">Suzhou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiang_embroidery" title="Xiang embroidery">Xiang</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_embroidery" title="English embroidery">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_of_India" title="Embroidery of India">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_embroidery" title="Islamic embroidery">Islamic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacobean_embroidery" title="Jacobean embroidery">Jacobean</a></li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sashiko</a></i></span> <ul><li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kogin-zashi" title="Kogin-zashi">Kogin-zashi</a></i></span></li></ul></li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Bunka_shishu" title="Bunka shishu">Bunka shishu</a></i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaitag_textiles" title="Kaitag textiles">Kaitag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kantha" title="Kantha">Kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasuti" title="Kasuti">Kasuti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_embroidery" title="Korean embroidery">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_embroidery" title="Macedonian embroidery">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountmellick_embroidery" title="Mountmellick embroidery">Mountmellick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakshi_kantha" title="Nakshi kantha">Nakshi kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_embroidery" title="Persian embroidery">Persian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rasht_embroidery" title="Rasht embroidery">Rasht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermeh_embroidery" title="Sermeh embroidery">Sermeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistan_embroidery" title="Sistan embroidery">Sistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zardozi" title="Zardozi">Zardozi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opus_Anglicanum" title="Opus Anglicanum">Opus Anglicanum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushnyk" title="Rushnyk">Rushnyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewed_muslin" title="Sewed muslin">Sewed muslin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_embroidery" title="Ukrainian embroidery">Ukrainian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_embroidery" title="Vietnamese embroidery">Vietnamese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyshyvanka" title="Vyshyvanka">Vyshyvanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Embroideries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Butler-Bowden_Cope" class="mw-redirect" title="Butler-Bowden Cope">Butler-Bowden Cope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry" title="Bayeux Tapestry">Bayeux Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_carpet" title="Bradford carpet">Bradford carpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Tapestry_of_Scotland" title="Great Tapestry of Scotland">Great Tapestry of Scotland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Tapestry_of_Scotland:_People%27s_Panel" title="Great Tapestry of Scotland: People's Panel">Great Tapestry of Scotland: People's Panel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Embroidery" title="Hastings Embroidery">Hastings Embroidery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hestia_Tapestry" title="Hestia Tapestry">Hestia tapestry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magna_Carta_(An_Embroidery)" title="Magna Carta (An Embroidery)">Magna Carta (An Embroidery)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Layton%27s_embroidered_jacket" title="Margaret Layton's embroidered jacket">Margaret Layton's jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_World_Tapestry" title="New World Tapestry">New World Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overlord_Embroidery" title="Overlord Embroidery">Overlord Embroidery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxburgh_Hangings" title="Oxburgh Hangings">Oxburgh Hangings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prestonpans_Tapestry" title="Prestonpans Tapestry">Prestonpans Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quaker_Tapestry" title="Quaker Tapestry">Quaker Tapestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Diaspora_Tapestry" title="Scottish Diaspora Tapestry">Scottish Diaspora Tapestry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fragments_of_a_Cope_with_the_Seven_Sacraments" title="Fragments of a Cope with the Seven Sacraments">Fragments of a Cope with the Seven Sacraments</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Designers<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>and embroiderers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emilie_Bach" title="Emilie Bach">Emilie Bach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Conrad" title="Leon Conrad">Leon Conrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahin_Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki" title="Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki">Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaffe_Fassett" title="Kaffe Fassett">Kaffe Fassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juanita_Growing_Thunder_Fogarty" title="Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty">Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constance_Howard_(artist)" title="Constance Howard (artist)">Constance Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Leavitt-Imblum" title="Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum">Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Lesage" title="François Lesage">François Lesage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Macbeth" title="Ann Macbeth">Ann Macbeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_Morris" title="May Morris">May Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Newbery" title="Jessie Newbery">Jessie Newbery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahtab_Norouzi" title="Mahtab Norouzi">Mahtab Norouzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetiana_Protcheva" title="Tetiana Protcheva">Tetiana Protcheva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Germain_de_Saint_Aubin" title="Charles Germain de Saint Aubin">Charles Germain de Saint Aubin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Turner" title="Mary Elizabeth Turner">Mary Elizabeth Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimitri_Vlachos_-_Castano" title="Dimitri Vlachos - Castano">Dimitri Vlachos - Castano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Whyte" title="Kathleen Whyte">Kathleen Whyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erica_Wilson" title="Erica Wilson">Erica Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lily_Yeats" title="Lily Yeats">Lily Yeats</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>and museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Embroiderers%27_Guild" title="Embroiderers' Guild">Embroiderers' Guild (UK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroiderers%27_Guild_of_America" title="Embroiderers' Guild of America">Embroiderers' Guild of America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_Software_Protection_Coalition" title="Embroidery Software Protection Coalition">Embroidery Software Protection Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needlework_Development_Scheme" title="Needlework Development Scheme">Needlework Development Scheme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_School_of_Needlework" title="Royal School of Needlework">Royal School of Needlework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wemyss_School_of_Needlework" title="Wemyss School of Needlework">Wemyss School of Needlework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chung_Young_Yang_Embroidery_Museum" title="Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum">Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Sang_Soo_Embroidery_Museum" title="Han Sang Soo Embroidery Museum">Han Sang Soo Embroidery Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appliqu%C3%A9" title="Appliqué">Appliqué</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crochet" title="Crochet">Crochet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knitting" title="Knitting">Knitting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lace" title="Lace">Lace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needlework" title="Needlework">Needlework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quilting" title="Quilting">Quilting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sewing" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sewing" title="Template:Sewing"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Sewing" title="Template talk:Sewing"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Sewing" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Sewing"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Sewing" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Sewing" title="Sewing">Sewing</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Techniques</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tack_(sewing)" title="Tack (sewing)">Basting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cut_(clothing)" title="Cut (clothing)">Cut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darning" title="Darning">Darning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ease_(sewing)" title="Ease (sewing)">Ease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embellishment" title="Embellishment">Embellishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabric_tube_turning" title="Fabric tube turning">Fabric tube turning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floating_canvas" title="Floating canvas">Floating canvas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gather_(sewing)" title="Gather (sewing)">Gather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godet_(sewing)" title="Godet (sewing)">Godet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gore_(fabrics)" title="Gore (fabrics)">Gore (fabrics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gusset" title="Gusset">Gusset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heirloom_sewing" title="Heirloom sewing">Heirloom sewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleat" title="Pleat">Pleat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirring" title="Shirring">Shirring</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stitch_(textile_arts)" title="Stitch (textile arts)">Stitches</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_sewing_stitches" title="List of sewing stitches">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backstitch" title="Backstitch">Backstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_tack" title="Bar tack">Bar tack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanket_stitch" title="Blanket stitch">Blanket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blind_stitch" title="Blind stitch">Blind stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buttonhole_stitch" title="Buttonhole stitch">Buttonhole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_stitches" title="Cross stitches">Catch stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chain_stitch" title="Chain stitch">Chain stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coverstitch" title="Coverstitch">Coverstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross-stitch" title="Cross-stitch">Cross-stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embroidery_stitch" title="Embroidery stitch">Embroidery stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemstitch" title="Hemstitch">Hemstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockstitch" title="Lockstitch">Lockstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overlock" title="Overlock">Overlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pad_stitch" title="Pad stitch">Pad stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pick_stitch" title="Pick stitch">Pick stitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rantering" title="Rantering">Rantering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_stitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Running stitch">Running</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sashiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoating" title="Stoating">Stoating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tack_(sewing)" title="Tack (sewing)">Tack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topstitch" title="Topstitch">Topstitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zigzag_stitch" title="Zigzag stitch">Zigzag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Seam_(sewing)" title="Seam (sewing)">Seams</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neckline" title="Neckline">Neckline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felled_seam" title="Felled seam">Felled seam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seam_allowance" title="Seam allowance">Seam allowance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Style_line" title="Style line">Style line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Notions_(sewing)" title="Notions (sewing)">Notions</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Trim_(sewing)" title="Trim (sewing)">Trim</a></li></ul></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bias_tape" title="Bias tape">Bias tape</a></li> <li><a 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