Holiday markets have started to pop up all over the area and I have been busy creating kanzashi for The Innovation Center at Saratoga's 2nd Annual Holiday Market.  

You may have met me there this past year at their spring sale or teaching beginning sashiko. This sale offers the perfect time to check out the Innovation Center, do some shopping and help others. Admission to the Holiday Market is just a canned or boxed good (hygiene items also accepted) in support of Lifeworks. Drop off a donation and check out the sale and the center, which has some incredible equipment! It is located in Malta, off Route 9. 

The second new Wagara sashiko panel, Furo-sato, was also listed last week. This one features rabbits and waterfalls. There is alot here to keep you hands busy over the winter. It is a super fun and unexpected panel with a lot of traditional patterns and water designs. I think that arrangement of the rabbits with the traditional designs really makes the panel equally suitable for children or adults. 

It would look amazing as a stand alone panel or part of a rabbit themed quilt.  Rabbits represent good fortune and prosperity moving forward. We all need a little of that right now!

It is available in navy, black, off-white and a smokey blue hue and is printed on the same weight cotton as the "Cat Tower" and other larger Wagara panels. I have ideas on stitching this one so hopefully I will have a photo of it completed in the near future.