UPDATE:

Giveaway is closed now. And the winner of this random drawing is Marly, who commented:
I haven't seen it in reality yet; the photos here are my first sighting. I think it looks fabulous and I'd like to make a bag with the Breeze collection and Aurifil Shashiko thread to learn the technique.

Congratulations, Marly! We will contact you.

Even More to Explore with Breeze

Zen Chic’s newest fabric collection, BREEZE, is in stores and has so many fun, intriguing possibilities. This airy, youthful collection with hues inspired by a warm day on the beach and patterns inspired by an exciting, edgy current style trend offers so much potential when it comes to a wide variety of projects…

And that includes being the perfect fabric for exploring that exciting style trend we just mentioned – sashiko denim!

The Breeze fabric collection from Zen Chic brings and entirely new element to the youthful, rebel-inspired style of sashiko denim.

Sashiko denim recently began popping up everywhere on social media, and this cool, expressive fashion trend is inspired by the visible mending methods of Japan’s history. This rebel-inspired style uses visible mending to bring a completely new life and message to clothing and creates a fabulously unique display with patches of fabric sewn to denim with a heavy thread or embroidery floss.

With it’s beautiful color palette and eye-catching pattern designs, BREEZE fits perfectly with the sashiko denim style. With this style, you really can’t go wrong and there are no “set rules” when it comes to design – let your imagination take over and see where it takes you!

And to help you get started, here’s a link to a free sashiko template!

A free sashiko denim template download using Zen Chic’s Breeze fabric!

Want to know more about visible mending? Stay tuned! We’ll be sharing more about this technique and it’s extraordinary possibilities in next week’s post.

Exciting News… A Free Giveaway!

That’s right! We are giving away a signature box of the gorgeous Aurifil thread that you see below, with 10 thread spools of embroidery floss in the color scheme of Breeze, along with a Mini Charm pack of Breeze! You can get started right away with your very own unique sashiko denim project.