My latest work features a pink Kimomo that I sources form Facebook Marketplace. I have appliqued some kitsch vintage images, using my usual method of backing them with applique webbing, ironing them on and them zig-zag stitching around the outside. I have then various sashiko templates to lay down the pattern for sashiko embroidery.
Why Use a Laser Cutter to Engrave Laser cutters are regularly used in industry to cut patterns. I have also seen youtube videos where they are used to distress denim. For My own purposes, I mainly use a laser to add sashiko patterns. The alternative is to use a whit pen and a template. My
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I have done quite a bit of work with Sashiko, directly onto clothing, as well as Boro Sashiko. Below are a few examples of sashiko embroidery from Glen and I, that has been stitched directly onto thrifted shirts. This time, I had a vision of a sashiko shirt with more of a patched or Boro
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