Sashiko is stitched on a soft-weave cotton: firm enough to hold the stitches, gentle enough to let the long needle through. Too tight and the needle fights you; too loose and the stitch distorts. Our sashiko fabrics, brought back from Japan and sold by the cut, have exactly that drape.
The right choice mostly depends on your project. To stitch the traditional way, start with a solid cotton, ideally indigo blue, and an ecru sashiko thread that pops against it. To work faster, a fabric already printed with a sashiko motif can be sewn straight away. And to begin without marking your own pattern, a pre-printed panel does all the tracing for you.
