Sashiko Workshop with Yoshi: Mindful Sewing and Repair

Recent reviews of Sashiko Workshop with Yoshi: Mindful Sewing and Repair

• 5/5 from Marianna Koulias, attended Aug 2026: Fantastic class with an extremely knowledgeable teacher, who shared the upcycling philosophy and techniques with us. Highly recommend.
• 5/5 from Vicki Bamford, attended Aug 2026: It was fun. I learnt alot about Japanese culture and the history of Sashiko. The people were friendly and the teacher was really interesting and welcoming. I learnt a lot. Thank you.
• 5/5 from Jacinta Byrne, attended Aug 2026: Wonderful teacher, so knowledgeable and friendly. A relaxed and very enjoyable class.
• 5/5 from Catherine Burney, attended Aug 2026: Easy to walk to and a great location. Close to Tempe Station. It was great to hear the history of the Sashiko craft and its origins.
• 5/5 from Megan Diane McLean, attended Aug 2026: Yoshi was very well prepared/ organised and she gave the class lots of interesting background information about Sachiko mending and was very friendly and attentive towards her students.
• 5/5 from Susan Roberts, attended Jun 2026: Yoshi was knowledgeable, keen to share her knowledge, & there was sufficient time to try-out the techniques she had demonstrated. The 'there-are-no-real-rules' philosophy, apart from the basic design of stitches to create patterns, meant creativity could flow. Each participant seemed keen to experiment & create! I have come away inspired to get on with some long-neglected mending projects.
• 5/5 from Jodie Lowe, attended Jun 2026: I loved this workshop. Yoshi was fun and helpful, an excellent teacher, guiding us to learn this traditional technique. Set in the Reverse Garbage rooms, you couldn’t help but be inspired to repair and reuse.
• 5/5 from Jen Harris, attended Jun 2026: Yoshi was a very engaging facilitator of the workshop. I enjoyed listening to her about her background and how she came about being a Shashiko sewer. I enjoyed learning the technique.
• 5/5 from Jess Holliday, attended Jun 2026: Yoshi was a great teacher, I like that we made practical things we could keep.
• 5/5 from Leta Duong, attended Jun 2026: Really enjoyed the class & learning a new craft. Thank you Yoshi for sharing your art & creativity.
• 5/5 from Wendy Bell, attended Jun 2026: Wonderful workshop. I learnt great new needlework skills. It was delivered in a very professional manner and a fun relaxed environment. I highly recommend this course. Thank you YOSHI
• 5/5 from Tania Mar, attended Apr 2026: Toshiba was fantastic. The balance for teaching skills and culture was really good. Toshiba made the class feel like we were going well and relaxed.
• 5/5 from Angela Livingstone, attended Apr 2026: Yoshi was a delightful teacher. Interestingstories and plenty of practice time.
• 5/5 from Anna Farr, attended Jan 2026: It was a very enjoyable 3 hours, Yoshi is a lovely, friendly teacher and great story teller!
• 5/5 from Danielle Cox, attended Jan 2026: Yoshi explained the development, history and principles of sashiko stitching. She shared her knowledge, tools, techniques and encouragement. Very enjoyable class.
• 5/5 from Linka Botha, attended Dec 2025: What an informative and upbeat workshop. Joshi was a wonderful teacher. She shared so many inspiring and interesting facts and ideas! Wish the class was longer. A full day workshop would be lovely!
• 5/5 from Julie White, attended Dec 2025: Yoshi explained the art of Sashiko and the history really well. The class was fun and relaxing whilst still learning.
• 5/5 from Debra Russell, attended Dec 2025: Yoshi was very friendly and fun. She shared the history of Sashiko while teaching the craft. We had plenty of time to practise Sashiko and get 1on1 assistance. I really enjoyed the class. Thank you so much Yoshi
• 5/5 from Dimity Moore, attended Nov 2025: This class was a perfect balance of history and purpose of the craft as well as hands on practice.
• 5/5 from Lucia Wong, attended Nov 2025: I had such a good time at the Sashiko workshop! Yoshi was super friendly and shared so much with us. Highly recommended!
• 5/5 from Nadine Ingram, attended Nov 2025: Yoshi was amazing. Possibly the most cheerful person I've ever met. The history of Japanese stitching was incredibly interesting. Both the mindfulness of Sashiko and its purpose has inspired me to make the most of what I learnt by bringing it into my everyday life.
• 5/5 from Alicia Kell, attended Nov 2025: Thanks Yoshi! Great class. Loved the history you gave re Sashiko, plus great tips re technique, and your personal stories. A great class with personality!
• 5/5 from Miriam Lane, attended Nov 2025: Good class, both practical skills and theory
• 5/5 from Jenny Poole, attended Nov 2025: Great class, clear instructions. Enjoyed hearing about the Japanese history of Sashiko and relevance to every day life.
• 5/5 from Marie Blackmore, attended Nov 2025: My daughter and I really enjoyed our class with Yoshi. Very happy, informative, friendly class. Excellent instructions. Yoshi was very helpful and great at explaining the techniques. I recommend this.
• 5/5 from Anastasia Freeman, attended Nov 2025: Yoshi was both hilarious and informative. Great workshop!!!
• 5/5 from Jacquie Imrie, attended Oct 2025: Really enjoyed the Sashiko workshop I do with friends on Saturday. Yoshi is a very skilled and obviously loves her craft. I have come home with a new skill and hope to use it in my day to day life
• 5/5 from Christine Mancini, attended Oct 2025: A very enjoyable and informative 3 hours with Yoshi on Saturday. Would recommend! Thank you! Chris
• 5/5 from Judy Twaddell, attended Oct 2025: Yoshi's Worksop was great fun & educational. We learnt about the Cultural history of Sashiko & Bolo & different techniques & applications of Sashiko sewing. We also made our own thimbles & practised stitching using stencils of Sashiko patterns. Yoshi is warm & enthusiastic tutor & very encouraging towards students
• 5/5 from Heather Smallbone, attended Oct 2025: Very interesting morning at the Sashiko workshop. Yoshi, as well as learning stitches, explained some Japanese culture. Most enjoyable.
• 4/5 from Diana Dagg, attended Oct 2025: Thanks Yoshi
• 5/5 from Valerie Lowther, attended Aug 2025: I had a great time during the Sashiko workshop, Yoshi is a very engaging teacher with lots of knowledge and stories to tell. I hope to catch another of her workshops soon!
• 5/5 from Rebecca Stapledon, attended Aug 2025: The teacher was fab! I enjoyed the class, learnt a lot and will find the time to keep improving my new skills
• 4/5 from Patricia Sewell, attended Aug 2025: A lovely way to spend a couple of hours. Yoshi was a teacher with a great sense of humour, the other participants were lovely and, at the end of the day, we all went away having produced a thimble appropriate for sashiko and with the early skills of sashiko practised.
• 5/5 from Vianney Hill, attended Jul 2025: Sashiko workshop with Yoshi - I learned a lot about culture of Japan's philosophy and history of reusing items/materials after natural disasters (that was lovely) and it was good to learn of the social group in Sydney as well! The teacher was beautiful and it was fun to learn the technique I can implement in my practice.
• 5/5 from Helena Buljan, attended Jul 2025: Yoshi is a fun and engaging teacher for this class. She taught us to make a small thimble with rescued materials before we started practicing our stitching, holding our needle in the sashiko way (between thumb and middle finger). I’m hoping that my stitching becomes smaller and neater with more practice! Thanks Yoshi and Reverse Garbage.
• 5/5 from Amanda James, attended Jul 2025: Yoshi was the most fun teacher and such an interesting class. I think a really telling sign of everyone enjoying it so much is none of us wanted to leave and definitely stayed over time. Great experience and would love to do more sashiko classes.
• 5/5 from Angela Meaney, attended Jul 2025: Yoshi was great. I found it easier when Yoshi came around to us and showed us close up on the sewing required as I have little sewing experience. She was more than happy to give some individual attention too which was terrific. I would look forward to attending another of Yoshi’s courses in the future.
• 5/5 from Ashlea Wheeler, attended Jul 2025: Great class, Yoshi is a lovely teacher and we learned a lot about Sashiko stitching from her!
• 4/5 from Del Merrett, attended Jul 2025: Yoshi was entertaining. She was a lovely relaxed teacher. I would recommend the class
• 5/5 from Christine Loof, attended Jun 2025: Yoshi is very friendly and great teacher. We learned a lot from her and we had fun. Thank you so much Yoshi and Reverse Garbage. Before and after we did the course, we could shop there, so many great stuff.
• 5/5 from Bronwyn Gosling, attended Jun 2025: Good introduction to sashiko. Thoroughly enjoyed the class - learning to make a simple but effective thimble as well as how to start and finish a stitching row and well on the way to creating a unique dishcloth. Yoshi was an enthusiastic and knowledgeable teacher. The venue was fine, all materials were supplied.
• 5/5 from Rebecca Lee, attended Jun 2025: What a great introduction to Shashiko! Yoshi gave great background to the technique and how it originated as well as useful information about materials used. 3 hours flew by and we managed to create our own shashiko ‘thimble’ and create a sampler of stitches. A lot of fun spent learning a very useful new skill!
• 4/5 from Lena Lowe, attended Jun 2025: Yoshiko was helpful and entertaining