LIMITED EDITION printed sashiko panels - Autumn colours

 Olympus have printed a special limited edition of my sashiko panels on Autumn colours - brick red (above), mustard yellow and russet. I have just over 20 of each of these panels for sale, now listed on the website, but if you want one, you need to order quickly!  I can't re order them.  Sewing Quarter have got the rest of this limited print run, but I'm not sure when they will release them (and they tend to cost slightly more than from my website too). Click here to read about them on my website.

Both the geometric and the kamon crest versions of the panels have been printed.

I already have less of the mustard yellow than the other two, as I sold a few to my summer school group last weekend.

Of course, I have all the 'regular' colours as well - red (below), indigo blue, black, slate blue, taupe grey (a warm beige) and green - here on my website.

New things from Olympus, Japan

I am adding a lot of lovely new Japanese fabrics to my online shop in the next few days, including the full range of my favourite Azumino cotton fabrics as 55 x 45cm precuts. This is the same Olympus fabric I used in one of the dark blue shades for the sashiko samples from 'The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook'.  It is now available in 30 amazing colours, and I've ordered the lot! As well as very traditional sashiko blues, there are many contemporary colours in the range, including golden ochre, teal blue, neutral grey, burnt orange and green, which will look great with current decorating trends.

I had one bolt from the Takumi range of traditionally inspired prints when we were at Festival of Quilts, which sold out quickly, so I've ordered some more from this range.  The grid of Japanese cats is so cute - I want to make some simple Log Cabin blocks with these as over-sized centres. There's also a rabbit version.

This plaid looks like it will be great for a little extra sashiko, perhaps in yellow ochre?

Another from the Takumi range.

Takumi kamon crests - 

Takumi Japanese rabbits.  I've ordered this range in the blue colourway for the first lot, and if it is popular, I'll get the black and the reds too.

I am particularly looking forward to getting the first of the sakizome momen range in stock.  These wovens are mostly towards the 'taupes' end of Japanese fabrics, but there is a new 'denim' inspired colourway in this one, which will be coming in the blues and mustard yellow colours (the red is on backorder). The weave is similar to the Azumino and it will be great for sashiko, and boro inspired pieces.

It looked like the order was arriving today, but now it will be tomorrow...

Olympus stripes!

I have added the new Olympus woven stripes to my website shop now.  A few of them are in the photo above, and I now have the full range of 24 - four different stripe patterns in lots of colours.  Click here to shop.

I use stripes a lot in my quilts and sashiko projects.  Most of the stripes in the photos below were narrow traditional width cotton stripes from Japan, very similar to the Olympus stripes, but of course only 14 1/2in wide, which a) limited how I could use them, b) made them much more expensive.  You can order the 110cm wide Olympus stripes, which are the same quality and almost identical weave to the traditional narrow width stripes, in half metre increments and they cost just £18 per metre.