imported from japan

Orimono Imports works exclusively with a variety of Japanese companies and manufacturers to provide the US Market with access to quality wholesale sewing goods.

 
 
 

sashiko supplies

 

threads

Thread used for sashiko is made of 100% cotton, comes in several weights and a rainbow of colors, including variegated, and is packaged in skeins or cardboard bobbins. Our sashiko thread brands include: Daruma, Yokota, and Olympus.

 

needles & notions

Sashiko stitching is done with long strong needles which have an eye that can accommodate heavier sashiko threads. Some stitchers also use a specialty thimble, worn either at the palm or on the knuckle, to enable them to maneuver many stacked stitches through the cloth. Our sashiko notion brands include: Little House, Daruma, and Clover.

 

kits & panels

We carry the widest selection of pre-printed sashiko cloths. Cloth comes in hana-fukin size (approx. 13” square), as well as on-the-bolt panel size, and is printed on a variety of base cloth substrates. Our kit brands include: Tulip, Yokota, Olympus, QH Textiles, and Orimono Brand.

 
 
 

sewing notions

 

little house

We are the exclusive wholesale distributors of Little House brand pins, thimbles and notions to the US. This is a quality brand whose pins are highly sought after for their sharpness and flexibility. Additionally, they have some unique thimbles and other hand-sewing notions that will delight your customers and set you apart as a shop.

 

tulip

Tulip brand is a family-owned company out of the Hiroshima region—long known for its needle-making skill and quality. We carry the full line of Tulip products: needles, pins, scissors, as well as a full inventory of fine knitting and crochet tools.

 

who/what else?

Macrame? Other Clover products? Hmm….

 
 
 

fabrics

 

brands

  • Cosmo - a well-known brand filled with different types of prints and weights of fabrics

  • Sevenberry - well-known for their indigo and traditional Japanese patterns, as well as for whimsical prints

  • Kokka - known for oxford prints and border prints, but a brand with many different fabrics

  • QuiltGate - features quilting-weight cottons released in collections that are most familiar to the way quilt shops order their fabrics

  • Morikiku - a boutique brand of mostly dobby weave and some yarn-dye cottons

  • Hishiei - brand behind CoCoLand cat-themed prints, but also has

  • Senyo - a brand with lots of whimsical and juvenile prints

  • Hokkoh - many traditional Japanese patterns, amazing cotton crepes, but also garment-weight fabrics in a variety of prints

  • Kei - a specialty brand featuring well-known Japanese designers

  • Vancet - parent company of Daiwabo and Sevenberry, this is where you’ll find taupes and small-scale florals, but also a wide selection of other prints.

 

substrates

Our fabrics are mainly woven cotton and cotton-linen blends. However, every possible weight and type of cotton has appeared in our swatch rotation: double gauze, single gauze, lawn and voile, seersucker, shirting and sheeting, poplin and broadcloth, denim and twill, oxford, corduroy, and canvas from thin to extra-thick. And in terms of weaves, our many different textures of yarn-dye, dobby and shantung cannot be easily found elsewhere.

 

themes, prints, solids

Kawaii and juvenile designs, Hawaiian, geometrics, traditional kimono pattern, metallics, Scandinavian and block-print designs, botanicals and florals, traditional wagara and indigo patterns, and many-many more.

 

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