In the Indigo, again.

Here are the results of a second play date with Beth and her indigo vat.  We are getting together for a third session soon.  I am getting quite a pile of blue fabric.

Shibori Review

I can't figure out how to post these pictures over at "And Then We Set It On Fire" so I am posting all my all shibori pictures here and giving them a link.  Hope you don't mind looking at the pictures again.  If you want more information, you could probably search the label shibori and come up with the original blog.

 

This little quilt was made by a friend using my shibori fabric.

I didn't make this one.  It is part of a sari that I bought.

Shibori experiment

Do you like it?  It is my latest experiment with shibori.  The material was a white on white design of little white dots.  I folded and stitched rows of half circles then pulled the thread tight before dyeing.  Between the stitching and the dots, there are two types of resist going into the dye.   This is actually the back. The front has stark white dots and the circles get lost. But I think the back is yummy!

Shibori Experiment

Here is my latest Shibori experiment.  I learned the umbrella folding technique from Entwinement.

Shibori and Sashiko

Here is the same pattern done in both Shibori (0n right) and Sashiko (on left). What do you think? I missed pulling some threads tight on the Shibori but overall it turned out interesting.

I have in mind a willow tree beside a brook for my next Shibori and Sashiko project. It will be a free hand drawing and then I'll sew and dye from there. But first I have to finish my September Schnibble, order my October Schnibble, make a 9 1/2 inch quilt block for Yankee Quilter's quilt for her friend Laura, and teach youth how to make a fused wall hanging self-portrait.

I was making great progress on my September Schnibble Sunday until I broke my needle. It is assembled, pen basted, and half quilted. I will finish it tonight and hopefully post the picture tomorrow. I am starting to like it again. Do you do the same thing I do? I love the concept I have in my head for a quilt. Towards the middle of the middle of making the quilt, I detest it and think it totally sucks but continue working on it. By the timie I finish the quilt, I fall back in love with it again. This Schnibble is not perfect but I think it is cheerful. It will make a good baby quilt. Wish me luck tonight so you can see it tomorrow!

Sashiko

I had a wonderful time at the New England Quilt Museum on Saturday learning Sashiko. Here are two pictures of the museum. It is located in an old bank on a cobblestone street in Lowell MA.

The Sashiko picture is the one I finished. I have two more with different traditional patterns in process. The goal is to have Shibori blocks and Sashiko blocks for a quilt. Don't you think it will be an outstanding quilt?

Went to the campus library yesterday for a meeting and found another quilter! She had a lovely quilted wallhanging so I asked about it. She made it using Ricky Tims's Convergence Quilts book. Okay, so even though I said I would not commit any more impulse buying this month, I bought the book. Then I came across this wonderful quilt, Kimono Convergence, he made. Wouldn't it be wonderful to incorporate my Shibori dying into a Shibori Kimono Convergence quilt? So many wonderful project to dream of...so little time!

Shibori 2

Here is my latest Shibori experiment. This one used two different techniques: spider webs and ori-nui. I started out with white cloth and dyed it with navy blue. I am totally excited about the results.

Shibori

I've been experimenting with Shibori, the Japanese shaped resist dyeing tehnique. Here are some of my experiments. I took an old blue shirt of my husband and stitched it, bleached it and it turned pink, and then, in some cases, added some dye before removing the stitching.