Shippo Tsunagi Sashiko Template

Shippo Tsunagi Sashiko Template will give you the confidence to draw the shippo-tsunagi (Seven Treasures) sashiko pattern with accuracy and ease.

This stencil will allow you to mark the perfect stitch length for shippo tsunagi onto fabric—simply mark your fabric with a bohin pencil or fine point chalk pencil in the spaces provided. You’ll never again need to guess the number of stitches required for the best outcome.

Shippo Tsunagi Sashiko Template is available in the following sizes

• 4½” square (11.45cm²)
• 8½” square (21.6cm²)

The template is thick enough to use as a ruler, allowing you to cut perfectly square sashiko blocks. It’s so easy to get creative and draw any number of shippo-tsunagi pattern variations—create your own seven treasures design unique to you.  If you need to refresh the design, just place your stencil back over the fabric and re-do.

Measurement markers are displayed on the template so you can enlarge the pattern to suit your project.

About the pattern

Shippo-tsunagi, or ‘seven treasures’, is a traditional Japanese geometric pattern that combines four ellipses in a circle. These ellipses repeat outward to then create more circles, symbolising eternal peace and happiness. ‘Shippo’ refers to precious stones in Buddhism, alluded to in the pattern by the ‘sparkling’ appearance of the circles’ interiors.

Read more about the history of sashiko patterns here.