Shashiko

This summer when my granddaughter, Elly, came to visit, she wanted to do some patches on some of her shirts. While searching for ideas to cut and sew, I came upon this Japanese patching technique called Shashiko. The pattern I was looking at was very beautiful and precise. But the article continues on to say that there were simple ways to imitate this form of patching

and went on to give step-by-step instructions on embellishing a shirt with scraps of fabric.

Here are some of the pictures of how I went about putting patches on my denim shirt and making it a unique piece of

clothing. I am pretty happy with how it came out!