Sashiko Cross Flower stitch ( Jujihanazashi) with Hitomezashi. You can use this for visible mending

Thank you for watching and welcome back I ve been making Sashiko videos recently as part of my project to make some special and practical gifts. I am not a Sashiko expert but I ve been enjoying the beauty of Sashiko for a while, mainly using the traditional Japanese patterns. In this video, I ll show how I stitch the cross flower stitches (JujiHana Zashi) with Sashiko. This traditional pattern may look a bit complicated but it s actually very simple. It uses the hitomezashi technique (you draw a grid and stitch using the grid lines) just like some coasters I made in the previous videos and comprises with horizontal lines, vertical lines and diagonal lines. There are different ways to stitch Sashiko patterns and you don t always need to follow exactly the way I stitch but I hope this video explains the basic idea of the pattern. In the next video, I will make a hair tie using this piece I ll stitch in this video The grid I m using i