We recently moved and have a house with lots and lots of white walls, that I can't paint, as we rent. So I've been searching for ways to bring life to our walls without spending serious cash. Particularly on rooms like a bathroom. The current trend in affordable decorating is to simply frame fabric squares for an instant collection, bringing color to lifeless walls. Sign me up for that! But of course, I had to go complicating that just a little. All for the sake of the personal touch. It did also give me something to do while watching TV in the evening.
Sashiko is a traditional style of embroidery from Japan. It started as a way for fishermen wives to add strength to clothing. They would sew simple running stitches in repeated symmetrical patterns. Its simpler than most embroidery and also has that geometrically balanced quality that I love. And being Japanese in origin, I felt justified in including it to our Asian themed master decor.
I purchased pre-printed samplers from this cool site, TaDaa Studio. This site offers more than just sashiko samplers. I will definitely be ordering their chalkboard cloth sometime in the near future. Shop their site at: http://www.tadaastudio.com/. And why buy patterns instead of drawing my own? After trying to draw my own pattern for the cover of Mark's notebook, I learned that its okay to let someone else do it for me. It was just too complicated trying to get them perfectly straight and symmetrical on my own. I don't include instructions here, but if you are seriously interested, I recommend ordering sampler kits, which will include instructions.
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