Ezekiell's Playground

Tag: japanese

  • One of our regular table plates developed a stress fracture. So obviously I smashed it so we could try out kintsugi! Have to let this cure for for maximum strength, then I’m planning to try sanding the gold line smoother.

  • Finished the sashiko cherry blossoms panel. I really like this design, so it’s sad it’s not being produced anymore. This was supposed to be a runner for our TV unit, however after placing it on the unit and doing some calculations it turns out the panel is too big to allow for it to be…

  • Decided to put the backing on this wall hanging I finished a number of years ago. An easy way of adding a hanger is to insert some corner triangles in-between the hanging face and the padding/backing! When the hanging gets turned right side out these make small pockets that holds the hanging dowel in place.

  • Apparently only marking one side of the fabric is useless, so I had to laboriously measure the other back panel fastidiously making sure all the marks matched up! I now understand why the instructions kept talking about ceasing both pieces using a Japanese spatula thing… Of course, there is the other problem about finishing edges.…

  • These sashiko square panels are destined to become a set of placemats for my ‘I’m going to move out soon’ collection of stuff. I’m going to start stitching them into a placemats using the fabrics I got a the craft fair a few weeks ago, just need to decide on how to arrange the design…