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New Product: Blue Wanderer Butterfly Brooch

30/5/2017

 
Category: Information
Blue Wanderer is the first in our brand new range of beautiful cross-stitch butterfly brooches. 
 

As usual, the kit comes with a fully illustrated booklet that takes you step-by-step through making this novel and attractive brooch. With easy-to-follow stitching diagrams and charts, this project really isn’t as hard as it looks. In fact, with little experience and a bit of dedication, you should find it relatively easy to make your own fabulous butterfly creation!

Look out for more butterflies coming later this summer!

You can read more about the kit here.

 

Join us in celebrating our fourth anniversary this year

2/12/2016

 
Category: Information
We launched our Sakoran website just over four years ago and our Facebook page followed a year later. In that time we’ve launched ten distinctive products and our designer Yoh Nye Sakurai has won a major international award!

We’ve made projects to suit all skill levels though we think that anyone with enthusiasm and a passion for stitchcraft should be able to enjoy our kits.

Unsure where to start? Our Teeny Cushions are very pretty and easy to make. Ideal for beginners, so far there are two designs: Mrs Poppy’s Cottage and Holly Hawthorn’s Cottage. They make great little gifts. Fill with lavender or infuse with drops of essential oil to make a fragrant scissor keeper or drawer freshener – or just put one on the mantelpiece to admire your handiwork. We think you’ll love them!
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Mrs Poppy’s Cottage
Mrs Poppy’s Cottage
Holly Hawthorn’s Cottage
Holly Hawthorn’s Cottage


​If you’re itching to try one of our innovative 3D projects, our most recent addition is an ideal place to start. Snowdrift Cottage is a little gingerbread house that you can make as a Christmas tree ornament or a stand alone miniature. It’s sewn onto coloured fabric with larger count – and that means fewer stitches and a quicker finish.

Snowdrift Cottage
Snowdrift Cottage


At the intermediate level we also have our best selling kit Lambkin Hill. With its cute little sheep (made using stitches!) and fluffy cloud, this is a real treat.
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Lambkin Hill
Lambkin Hill


Among our first projects were the miniature 3D cottages. We’ve pitched Bluebell and Rosebay Cottages at the ‘experienced’ stitcher while Buttercup Cottage is ‘advanced’ –  but don’t be daunted! If you have a keen eye and a passion for sewing, we reckon anyone should be able to tackle these lovely designs with a bit of patience and determination.

Bluebell Cottage
Bluebell Cottage
Rosebay Cottage
Rosebay Cottage
Buttercup Cottage
Buttercup Cottage


Once you’ve made your cottage, what better than a pretty little hill to put it on? Merryfield Hill makes the ideal platform to show off your cottage. It has our usual pretty details and a beautifully designed tree.

Merryfield Hill
Merryfield Hill
Buttercup Cottage and Merryfield Hill
Buttercup Cottage and Merryfield Hill


Talking of trees, Cressida Chrimble’s Christmas Tree is another seasonal gift that makes an ideal Christmas tree ornament. It’s pitched at intermediate level, so not too tricky. If you fancy making something really exquisite, what better than Jennifer Jones’s Gingerbread Cottage? With gingerbread walls and roof, decorated with brightly coloured sweets, icing, candy canes and even its own snowman, this Gingerbread Cottage is a beautifully detailed miniature masterpiece. 

Cressida Chrimble’s Christmas Tree
Cressida Chrimble’s Christmas Tree
Jennifer Jones’s Gingerbread Cottage
Jennifer Jones’s Gingerbread Cottage


Next year we’ll be producing yet more innovative designs and we have a few special treats up our sleeves. If you like our products, do follow us on Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter. Thank you for your interest, and here’s to a fabulous and creative 2017!

Our kits are designed to give maximum enjoyment to craft fans. Each one comes with a fully illustrated booklet that takes you step by step through the process of creating your own beautiful miniature. There’s advice on how to get the best from your stitching along with all the information you’ll need, including stitching diagrams,  detailed charts and easy to follow instructions. However, if you should have a problem, we are always happy to offer advice – just drop us an email.
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If you’d like to read more about our designer and his work, there’s a lovely illustrated interview at TextileArtist.org.
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New Product: Snowdrift Cottage

6/11/2016

 
Category: Information

Hot on the heels of our marvellous coverage in Cross Stitch Collection Magazine, we are happy to announce the launch a new kit. Snowdrift Cottage is a new little gingerbread house that you can make as a Christmas tree decoration or stand-alone ornament. It has candy canes, a Christmas tree, a wreath and plenty of other delightful little details. 


Image: 14 count Snowdrift Cottage (left) compared with 18 count Jennifer Jones's Gingerbread Cottage (right)


However, Snowdrift Cottage is a little easier than our other gingerbread cottage and many of our other cottages. Snowdrift Cottage uses only cross-stitch, back stitch and whip stitch (with a little blanket stitch around the roof) on 14 count coloured Aida fabric. The larger count and fewer stitches involved make this quicker to finish and a somewhat easier than other projects. You can read more about the kit here.

We think Snowdrift Cottage makes a lovely addition to our range of kits and is an ideal Christmas gift for every stitcher who has mastered the basics and wants to progress a little further.
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More Lovely Magazine Coverage!

18/10/2016

 
Category: Press News
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We were delighted when the excellent Cross Stitch Collection Magazine first featured us back in February 2014. Now they have devoted a generous four pages to our designer Yoh Nye Sakurai and his work! 

Writer Judy Darley has produced a lovely portrait of Yoh and his Sakoran kits, and features photos showing how the beautiful English countryside of his Isle of Wight home continues to inspire his creativity.


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You can find the article on pages 30-33 of the November 2016 edition of Cross Stitch Collection Magazine (issue 268). The magazine also has plenty of free charts, many with a Christmas theme, and lots of interesting articles. You can buy a copy in WHSmith, all good newsagents, and larger supermarkets. You can also subscribe online to the print or digital version here. 

You can follow the magazine on Facebook here. Be sure to follow us too! 

A Trip to the Shops of Paris

15/2/2016

 
Category: Projects
​It might seem that we've been a little quiet at Sakoran recently. Actually, we've been very busy working on lots of new designs. We're going to have to keep some of those designs under wraps at the moment as they're for a secret project. However, we can show you our range of Parisian shops - a new series of mini-cushions that will be easy to make. We hope you enjoy this little preview and we'll show you more when we can.
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