A reader's version of my sashiko patchwork

Laura Parsons posted her version of my boro-inspired sashiko patchwork from 'Japanese Sashiko Inspirations' and 'Simple Sashiko' on the UK Quilters United Facebook page and she has given me permission to post the photo here too.  I love her colour scheme - so subtle! It turned out that she bought the fabrics from me a few years ago when I exhibited at Bristol. She wrote -

Thoroughly enjoyed making this Sashiko wallhanging. It’s from the wonderful Susan Briscoe. It’s not perfect, but I’m happy with it and I’m going to make it again for a gift for my brother.
Lucky brother!

Today's Quilter sashiko special supplement - sneak peek!

I've had a look at the pdf files for the sashiko supplement, due out on August 18th, and it is looking really good.  There are three complete projects - Koi scroll, Marumon (framed below) and Ranru.

All three projects were featured in 'Japanese Sashiko Inspirations', which is currently out of print, so it's a good chance to get your hands on these patterns.  Ranru is also in 'Simple Sashiko', but not the other two - they are a bit more complicated!

The history section from '...Inspirations' is included...

Plus a great sashiko gallery selected from both 'The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook' and '...Inspirations', including sashiko works by Yuza Sashiko Guild members as well as me.

As I mentioned in my previous post, Today's Quilter will have the large sashiko sampler from '...Ultimate...' displayed on their stand at Festival of Quilts at the NEC, Birmingham.  If you take out a subscription during the show, you'll get the sashiko special to take home with you too, in advance of it arriving in the shops.

Where to get my 'Simple Sashiko' book

My new book is available as a Print on Demand book from Amazon for £8.99.  There is absolutely no reason you need to pay £14.01 + p&p for it from sellers on eBay!

Simple Sashiko

Well, it looks like this book is out - published over a month ago.  Somehow I haven't heard anything more about it since I checked the final proofs.  I haven't had a complimentary copy so I had no idea.

It is available through Amazon.  Other than that, I have no other info about it at the moment!  It might help sales if the publishers had told me it was actually published...!!