I just learned about this cool technique and was wondering if anyone has done this craft.

I went to a workshop to learn this I made what was supposed to be one of a set of 4 place mats but it turned out rather large, it was lovely to do, you could sit and relax

I like that!
Carol B

beautiful, did you buy a book on it?

http://www.eurojapanlinks.com/
Thank you, I did get a book out of my library there are quite a few all have the basic patterns in them.The link above may help, its in the UK, though. The material they sell is very expensive, but the cotton thread is good value, its quite thick and they sell the proper needles but I searched my needlecase and found suitable ones, they are long with quite a big eye to take the thick thread. I used white carbon paper, as the teacher had used the blue and yellow and it showed on the white thread, it may wash out but she was reluctant to try, I make things to use she had made them to show. I found that after tracing them using the carbon paper you had to go over the design with a , in my case, white pencil a few times while sewing as the design tend to fade with your hand brushing against the cloth as you sew. Heavy navy blue cotton material is what I used along with some fairly open weaved plaids.
K

I did it on a quilted jacket that I designed and did broidery purse on, alas, it was sold before I took pictures of it. I used interlocking circles, similar to "pumpkin seed".

I used white crochet cotton on a black background, if I were to do it again I would use a smaller gauge of thread, it was hard to pull through the layers.

I have a book by Susan Briscoe that has wonderful Japanese blocks as well as the sashiko patterns. I think the block patterns would be difficult for a newbie, only because of the way it is written. One would need understanding of block construction - as these are just pictures with cutting measurements, not like blocks pictured in Quilterscache. I do cheat, I use 6 strand embroidery floss instead of the sashiko thread, though I do use the sashiko needles. It is relaxing, and I do like the mix of block and stitching.

Yes I found it hard to pull through the material, perhaps the special cloth meant for this kind of work would be more open weaved

Very pretty Maxies2

Several years ago, I took a Sashiko class at a LQS and loved it. Here's my result.