Pre-Orders Are Now Open.

A new MUSUBISM furoshiki is one step closer.

The printing of HANA-MUSUBI, our newest design created with Spanish designer Sabina Alcaraz, is now complete.

When I received the photos from the printing studio, I felt a little thrill.

After months of sharing ideas, looking at patterns, talking about flowers, and imagining how two different cultures might meet on one piece of cloth, the design has finally become real.

The finished furoshiki is now going through the final finishing process, and we expect to receive the completed pieces around mid-September.

I cannot wait to hold one in my hands.

How HANA-MUSUBI Began

HANA-MUSUBI is my second collaboration with Sabina.

I have always loved the flowers she creates. They feel expressive, free, and full of character.

This time, I wanted to go one step further.

Rather than simply asking Sabina to create a beautiful pattern inspired by Japan, I wanted to share my own memories and ideas with her from the beginning.

I wanted to see what might happen when my memories of Spain met the Japanese patterns I have come to love.

Could the patterns of kimono meet the spirit of Spanish flamenco dress?

Could Japanese traditional motifs and Spanish visual culture live together naturally on one piece of cloth?

That was where the conversation began.

Japan and Spain, Two Parts of My Story

I spent part of my childhood in Spain.

My family home still has many of the Spanish furniture pieces and tableware from those years.

They are expressive, distinctive, and full of personality.

Growing up surrounded by those designs became part of the way I see beauty.

Today, I also find myself deeply drawn to traditional Japanese patterns, especially those found in kimono.

Hitta-kanoko.

Rikyū-bai.

Chrysanthemums.

These patterns have been part of Japanese culture for generations, yet I see them differently now.

I wanted to bring some of that Japanese beauty together with the Spanish influences I grew up with.

And I wanted Sabina's flowers to be part of the story.

Japanese Dots Meet Spanish Polka Dots

One of the things I love about HANA-MUSUBI is the way the Japanese and Spanish elements begin to speak to each other.

The design includes the traditional Japanese Hitta-kanoko pattern, made from delicate arrangements of small dots.

It also includes polka dots associated with Spanish flamenco dress.

At first, they come from two completely different traditions.

But when you look closely, there is a simple connection.

Small dots come together to create a larger pattern.

Japanese Hitta-kanoko.

Spanish polka dots.

And Sabina's flowers.

Three different elements, brought together on one piece of cloth.

Perhaps the flowers were what connected Japan and Spain.

Perhaps it was the dots.

Or perhaps it was the simple act of sharing our memories, ideas, and ways of seeing beauty.

Why We Named It HANA-MUSUBI

We named the design HANA-MUSUBI.

Hana means flower.

Musubi means to tie, to connect, to bring together.

For me, the name has several layers.

Flowers connecting Japan and Spain.

Flowers connecting two creative minds.

Flowers connecting memories of the past with the way we live today.

And, of course, it connects with the heart of MUSUBISM.

To me, a collaboration is also a form of musubi.

Two people bring their own experiences, ideas, and sensibilities to the table.

Neither person has to give up what makes their work unique.

Instead, something new emerges from the connection.

That is what I hope you will feel when you see HANA-MUSUBI.

From an Idea to a Piece of Cloth

There is something special about watching a design move through each stage of the process.

First, there was an idea.

Then conversations.

Sketches.

Patterns.

Flowers.

Questions.

Small changes.

And finally, the printing.

Now, HANA-MUSUBI is no longer only an idea on a screen.

It is becoming a real piece of Japanese-made fabric, printed by skilled craftsmen using traditional hand-printing techniques in Japan. (Musubism)

That journey is one of the reasons I love making furoshiki.

A piece of cloth carries so much more than its pattern.

It carries the hands, ideas, memories, and relationships behind its creation.

Pre-Orders Are Now Open

HANA-MUSUBI is now available for pre-order.

The completed furoshiki is expected to ship in October.

If you would like to be one of the first to receive HANA-MUSUBI, you are welcome to place your pre-order now.

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I am looking forward to the moment when these furoshiki arrive and I can finally see the complete design in person.

And then, of course, the next chapter begins.

How will HANA-MUSUBI look as a scarf?

How will someone else choose to wrap it?

What new shape will it take in someone else's hands?

That is one of my favorite things about furoshiki.

The designer creates the cloth.

But the person who uses it gives it a new life.

Thank You, Sabina

Sabina, thank you for bringing your flowers into this story.

Thank you for listening to my memories of Spain, my love for Japanese patterns, and my ideas for this design.

Most of all, thank you for bringing your own creativity and perspective to HANA-MUSUBI.

Japanese patterns.

Spanish flowers.

Two cultures.

Two creative minds.

One piece of cloth.

I hope HANA-MUSUBI will create many more connections once it leaves our hands and enters yours.

I am counting the days until September, when I can finally hold the finished furoshiki for the first time.

I hope you will look forward to meeting HANA-MUSUBI, too.