Tsuzuki Yamagata Sashiko Pattern PDF — Continuing Mountain Form Template

✦ Tsuzuki Yamagata (Continuing Mountain Form): Japanese Sashiko Pattern ✦

A printable, true-scale PDF of tsuzuki yamagata, rows of interlocking zigzag lines tiled from a fixed counted-grid chart.

Yama means mountain, tsuzuki means continuing. Four diagonal slope families tile into offset chevron rows, echoing a distant ridgeline; in Japanese design, mountains carry a sense of stability and endurance. Shown in white on indigo and stitched in a single color throughout; any high-contrast pair works just as well.

WHAT YOU GET (instant download):

• Cover + motif overview

• True 1:1 stitching template with a color-coded stitch-path guide

• Step-by-step stitching instructions

• Clean transfer template for water-soluble stabilizer

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

DETAILS:

• Skill level: Intermediate, four slope families on one counted grid

• Time: approx. 1 to 2 hrs for a 10x10 in piece

• Thread: approx. 8 m for a 10x10 in piece

• You'll need: cotton or linen, sashiko thread, a removable fabric marker, and a ruler

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

• Work the running stitch in the order shown on the stitch-path guide, keeping stitch length and spacing even

Stitch it any size, from a hoop to a tote panel.

★ Five-pattern bundles live in the Sashiko Pattern Bundles section, if you'd like more like this one.

For personal use only; please don't resell or redistribute. Digital download, nothing is shipped.

You'll get 2 files: one for US Letter, one for A4.