Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Shibori Dyeing with Friends

This is the beautiful view from my studio last night.


Below is an accordion folded Itajime piece, done on Essex Linen from Dharma Trading Co. I really like it and the hand of the fabric is perfect for showing the details.



Over the weekend, one of the members of my weekly quilting circle had her art-loving granddaughter and boyfriend visiting her. She asked if they could all come over and dye a shirt. So here they are below working on their projects.

Love the intense concentration from Cameron as she's applying the dyes. Her boyfriend seemed to have a good time dyeing his first shirt ever. He was glad to find out why those kind of designs on shirts are called '"Tie Dye."  It was quite the ah-ha moment for him.


Below is another picture of the cute couple.  
Can't wait to see how their shirts turned out.


2 comments:

  1. I love that you have the space to be able to do this! I had to clean out half the garage to do a class several years ago, and of course it went right back to being a garage. I wouldn't be able to do it in my studio 'cause I have way too much stuff in there for more than me to be working. Aah, for a barn! ;-)

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  2. I am very lucky to have this space to make drippy messes and create the art I love to make! I used to do the dyeing in my small sewing room and it was not as easy or fun to dye as it is now!

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