Jūji Hanazashi

SASHIKO NOTEBOOK KIT

Stitch your own notebook with the traditional Jūji Hanazashi pattern, a timeless design of crosses and flowers.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED

Everything carefully gathered in one kit

Step-by-step guide

Paper template

Awl

Notebook

Thread

Needles

Threader

About Jūji Hanazashi

Jūji Hanazashi (Cross Flower) is a traditional sashiko pattern created by stitching a grid of horizontal and vertical lines, then adding diagonal stitches that connect the corners. Together, they form delicate flower-like shapes with small crosses at their centres.

The surrounding Hakkō (Octagon) motifs represent eight-sided stars, a symbol of balance, harmony, good fortune and prosperity in Japanese culture.

Historically, patterns combining flowers and interlocking crosses were embroidered as protective talismans, believed to bring abundant harvests, good health and lasting happiness. Today, they continue to express the timeless beauty, precision and symbolism that define the art of sashiko.

A small stitch,
a long history.