Japanese Sashiko Jacket Embroidery Workshop

Recent reviews of Japanese Sashiko Jacket Embroidery Workshop

• 5/5 from Patricia Wilson, attended Oct 2026: I thoroughly enjoyed my Sashiko Jacket Embroidery class. I have very little experience of this craft and picked up lots of really useful tips and tricks. I’m confident that I’ve learnt the basics and can now go on to develop my skills independently. Our teacher was well informed, patient and knowledgeable. She displayed a real passion for Sashiko which was inspirational. The jacket was of good quality and traditional style - a wearable garment which I’m looking forward to completing. The venue and facilities were good and easy to find. It was well worth the journey from Kent.
• 5/5 from Radhika Arora, attended Apr 2026: The class was very well organised from booking to the day. I learnt so much about Sashiko and left with a gorgeous jacket in the making. I can’t wait to finish my project and wear it with pride! Thank you very much for teaching me a joyous skill.
• 4/5 from Ainslie Johnston, attended Apr 2026: I am childish enough to like classes where I take something away that I've made. Now I'm looking forward to wearing my embellished jacket. Our teacher was patient with my ineptness and I just wished we'd had a little more time.
• 5/5 from Kirsty Lemare-North, attended Dec 2025: Lovely pace, interesting and great teacher. Brilliant value and learned loads.
• 5/5 from Halle Banks, attended Dec 2025: Our teacher was super helpful and made lots of helpful suggestions. She explained the background of Sashiko and was available throughout the day to help and advise.
• 5/5 from Ruth Henderson, attended Oct 2025: A very wonderful, mindful time stitching and learning the history of sashiko. Gorgeous jacket provided, and also lots of inspiration to carry on the project at home. Very clear and practical instructions given before and after the class.
• 5/5 from Pippa Gittings, attended Sep 2025: Yifan was a brilliant teacher, talking us through the history of sashiko and showing us the whole range of beautiful patterns alongside patiently teaching us the basics. The studio is great, really easy to get to from the Tube and full of natural light with plenty of materials to go round. It was awesome to be able to design our own jackets using sashiko patterns, and have that to take home after as a project to keep going on (one more for the work in progress pile!). A really lovely, chill day and opportunity to meet fellow crafters, too.
• 4/5 from Kiran Shah, attended Sep 2025: I recieved this workshop as a gift for my 50th birthday, it was a great experience as this craft is something I had wanted to learn for some time. The teacher Yifan was really good and kind, she taught us new ways of seperating the thread, tying the knot to start and end our work. The embroidery itself was not as complicated as I had thought, as it was well explained and done step by step. I would recommend it for a special gift to yourself or a loved one.
• 5/5 from Susan Olivier, attended Jul 2025: Really interesting introduction to Japanese Sashiko embroidery. Excellent teacher who explained everything clearly and patiently helped me (a beginner) with the work. I left the workshop proudly bearing my Japanese jacket and feel inspired to continue practising and learning more about the art of Shashiko embroidery. I eould certainly like to join further Sashiko workshops in future.
• 5/5 from Melissa Rodrigs, attended May 2025: A really wonderful class, very peaceful environment, gossiping and stitching, nice varied bunch of people and lovely to meet the founder of Yi crafts on top. This is a must-do workshop :)