Nagare Manji Sashiko Pattern PDF — Flowing Current Embroidery Template

✦ Nagare Manji (Flowing Current): Japanese Sashiko Pattern ✦

A printable, true-scale PDF for a calm two-color current, worked in the hand one quiet line at a time.

Nagare means "flowing," and that is how this pattern reads: interlocking arcs stream into continuous columns that pour down the cloth, linked side to side by curved rows. The lines never stop, so the whole field carries a sense of steady, unbroken movement. Here the columns are worked in a pale blue and the connecting rows in a soft slate, though any two colors you love will do.

WHAT YOU GET (instant download):

• Cover + motif overview

• True 1:1 stitching template with a two-color legend and stitch-path guide

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

• Transfer template for water-soluble stabilizer

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

DETAILS:

• Skill level: Beginner, smooth running stitch in two colors

• Time: approx. 2-4 hrs for a 10x10 in piece

• Thread: about 10 m of thread total

• You'll need: cotton or linen, sashiko thread in two colors (two blues here, or any pair), and a water-erasable marker

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 flowing columns first, top to bottom, then the connecting rows across; finish one color before the next

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