StitchGrid press kit
---Press kit · updated 7 October 2026
A stamp that prints a stitching grid, so anyone can mend and decorate fabric with sashiko.
About StitchGrid
StitchGrid is a washable-ink grid stamp for sashiko, embroidery and visible mending. One press prints a 15 by 15 grid of dots onto fabric; you stitch the pattern along the dots, and the grid washes away. It is designed in Copenhagen by Better Objects, the team behind LastObject.
Sashiko is a Japanese stitching tradition used to mend and strengthen cloth. Its geometric patterns, especially hitomezashi, are built on an even grid, and drawing that grid by hand is the slow, fiddly part that puts most beginners off.
StitchGrid removes that step. One press of the stamp leaves 225 small dots, 4 mm apart, on the fabric. The Grid Guide lines up the next press, so the grid can run across a whole patch or sleeve. You follow a pattern from the included guide, stitch from dot to dot, and wash the grid out when you are done.
The kit is aimed at people who want to repair what they already own, from a torn knee on a pair of jeans to a worn cushion cover, and make the repair part of the design.
Fact sheet
| Product | StitchGrid, washable-ink grid stamp and stitching kit |
| For | Sashiko, embroidery and visible mending |
| Grid per press | 15 × 15 dots (225), 4 mm apart, 1 mm each, 56 × 56 mm |
| Larger areas | Line up the Grid Guide and keep stamping |
| In the kit | Stamp, Grid Guide, guide with 30 sashiko patterns, 2 washable fabric inks (dark and light fabrics), needle, 4 threads, thread snips |
| Price | $49 early-bird (expected retail $79) · £49 UK · €49 EU |
| Status | Pre-order. Ships February 2027. Cancel any time before it ships. |
| Pre-orders | More than 3,000 |
| Designed by | Better Objects (the team behind LastObject), Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Where | better-objects.com/products/stitchgrid, in 7 languages |
Announcement
More than 3,000 people have pre-ordered StitchGrid, a stamp that makes visible mending easy
Copenhagen, 7 October 2026
Better Objects, the Copenhagen design company behind LastObject, has taken more than 3,000 pre-orders for StitchGrid, a washable-ink stamp that prints a ready-made stitching grid onto fabric for sashiko and visible mending. The kit ships in February 2027.
Sashiko patterns are stitched along an even grid, and marking that grid by hand is where most people give up. StitchGrid prints a 15 by 15 grid of dots, 4 mm apart, in one press. A Grid Guide lines up each new press for larger areas, and the grid washes out once the stitching is finished.
“I wanted to keep the relaxing part and take away the monotony,” says designer Isabel Aagaard, co-founder of Better Objects.
The StitchGrid kit includes the stamp, a Grid Guide, a guide with 30 sashiko patterns, two washable fabric inks for dark and light fabrics, a needle, four threads and thread snips. It is available to pre-order at better-objects.com for $49 (£49 in the UK, €49 in the EU), against an expected retail price of $79.
Ends. Press contact: hello@better-objects.com
Story angles
Repair as design
Visible mending turns a hole in your jeans into something you want to show. StitchGrid is a tool for the repair movement, not for buying new.
An old craft made approachable
Hitomezashi sashiko is centuries old. The hard part was always marking the grid; one press now does it.
The LastSwab team's next object
The Copenhagen designers behind the reusable cotton swab now make a tool for keeping clothes in use longer.
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About the makers
Better Objects is a design company in Copenhagen, Denmark, that creates and launches new product brands. Its founders, Isabel Aagaard, Nicolas Aagaard and Kåre Frandsen, started as LastObject and launched LastSwab, a reusable cotton swab, on Kickstarter in 2019. Across seven funded campaigns they have been backed by more than 60,000 people.
Isabel Aagaard
Co-founder and designer
Isabel designed medical products before co-founding the company, and holds a Master's in Collaborative Design from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Nicolas Aagaard
Co-founder and Chief Design Officer
Nicolas studied Furniture Design at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Economics at Copenhagen Business School, and leads every product from first sketch to production.
Kåre Frandsen
Co-founder
Kåre co-founded the company with Isabel and Nicolas in Copenhagen in 2016.
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- Reviewed (USA Today network): Should you buy a reusable cotton swab? We found out (2020)
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- The Weather Channel: Trio of Danish Entrepreneurs Designs Reusable Cotton Swabs (2019)
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- Shopify: LastObject: Replacing Single-Use Plastics With Reusables (2020)
Questions journalists ask
When does it ship?
February 2027. It is a pre-order, and a pre-order can be cancelled any time before it ships.
Can I get a sample?
Write to hello@better-objects.com and tell us about the piece you are planning.
Are the images photographs?
They are product visualisations of the pre-production kit. Final materials, packaging and small details may change.
Where can readers buy it?
At better-objects.com, with local prices in the US, UK and EU.
Pre-production product. Figures are rounded and correct on 7 October 2026.