After moving to Tokyo in 2010, I found it was impossible to hold off opening my Etsy shop any longer.

I left my job at an art museum in the US to live in Tokyo, and suddenly found myself with time and an enormous city to explore. I took a neighborhood class in sashiko and started editing patterns and tweaking them to suit my aesthetic. I shared my designs with friends, writing about my discoveries on my blog and with their encouragement, Saké Puppets was born.

Tokyo is an endless source of inspiration. I love the way traditional and modern meld, and how Tokyo can be calm, crazy, or incredibly weird. Eventually I found my groove, stitching and learning and walking the neighborhood.

Every day my work is a little different. While living in Japan I worked alone in my "studio," a sunny corner of my teeny Tokyo apartment where I carved a work space. I spent a lot of time preparing orders, wrapping up packages so they were fun to find in the mailbox. I studied Japanese, navigated the supermarket almost daily, and taught craft classes in a nearby park. Life was busy, but in the best possible way.
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In 2014 I moved back to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, NY. I've returned to my career in art museums, discovered the garment district, and have many new and exciting sources of inspiration. Thankfully I still find time to be creative, and am always thinking about new ways to interpret sashiko in the modern world.

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