Shibori

It is a new week!  Hope everyone had a great weekend and are ready to be back to Monday again.

So recently I learned a little something about Japanese Shibori dyeing.  (Thanks Corinne!)

I decided to do a little dying the other day.

In shibori dyeing you fold in a regular pattern, and depending how you fold, depends what pattern you make on the fabric. I tried lots of different folds and twists and all kinds of things.

I tried this SEI spray dye this time.  I liked the colors, but I had to work around the spray because it didn't get absorbed as deeply into the fabric as dye in a cup or bucket.

I LOVE these colors.  Wish the fabric would stay as dark once it dried.

Here's my clothesline which I dried my fabric pieces on! Ha-ha- and it worked great.

And here's some of favorite pieces.

Diamonds!

Rectangles.

This one looks a little more like tie-dye.

I cheated with this piece.  I sprayed other colors on it as it had way too much white.

Now I just need to set up my sewing machine (now that I made some space in my daughter's old room) and do some sewing.'It was a lot of fun, and I bought myself some indigo dye to try it again. Traditional shibori technique uses this type of dye.

Will let you know how that works out.

Have a great Monday everyone, and thanks for stopping by!