Asanoha Sashiko Pattern PDF — Hemp Leaf Embroidery Template

✦ Asanoha (Hemp Leaf): Traditional Japanese Sashiko Pattern ✦

A printable, true-scale PDF template for the classic Asanoha "hemp leaf" design, with clear, step-by-step instructions so you go from print to stitched piece without guesswork.

Repeating hemp-leaf stars fill the cloth with one of Japan's oldest geometric motifs. Because hemp grows fast, straight and strong, asanoha was traditionally stitched onto children's clothes as a wish for healthy growth, and worn as a quiet charm against harm. Classically white on indigo, it glows in any high-contrast pair.

WHAT YOU GET (instant download):

• Cover with difficulty + motif overview

• Full-page stitching template at true 1:1 scale, with a color-coded stitch-path guide

• Step-by-step marking, stitching & finishing guide

• Clean transfer template for water-soluble stabilizer

• US Letter AND A4 versions, reusable, print as often as you like

DETAILS:

• Skill level: Intermediate, a dense triangular grid of straight lines plus a diamond braid

• Time: approx. 3-5 hrs for a 10x10 in piece

• Thread: approx. 20 m (buy a little extra for thread carried across the back)

• You'll need: cotton or linen, sashiko thread (classic white on indigo, or any high-contrast pair), a water- or heat-erasable fabric marker, and a ruler for the triangle grid

HOW IT WORKS:

• Print at 100% and check the 1-inch square

• On light fabric, trace at a bright window or lightbox; on dark fabric, use water-soluble stabilizer

• Stitch the straight lines first in their three directions, then the star spokes, ending each line just short of the center so the holes stay open

★ Save with the set: the Sashiko 5-Pattern Bundle gives you more designs at a lower price per pattern.

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