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Showing posts with label shibori. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shibori. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Shibori Scarf and Crochet...



While I am waiting for my Eco-Dying book to come I have been deciding on what to do with my favorite pieces from my Shibori tests I created last week.  I took my favorite, trimmed the fuzzy edges and hand-rolled and hemmed the edges on it. I am now adding some crocheted edgings. The piece of fabric is a little short for a decent scarf so I am adding the edging for some added length. I have a multi-colored cotton that looks really nice with it so far...  


I'm keeping notes so I remember what stitches I am doing and in what order for the other side...
I'll let you know how it turns out! ( this is one of several creative projects i have going now... I'm also hand quilting the lap blanket I pieced the other week and I have a new shawl on my hook and I'm working on a small tote which is almost done but is lacking something to finish it up, I'll figure it out eventually...  :)
                                            Have a great Tuesday!
                                                Mrs."C"  :)


Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Shibori, Netflix, Cookies and Rain...



As my son so politely put it, I have entered the 21st century having finally signed up for a Netflix account... just never got around to getting one but after being hounded by teenagers I signed up this morning.  My daughter set it up on our Wii in the family room... when she was done watching something I was scrolling around the choices ( way too many choices! ) and found, ready, ( drumroll...)  Twin Peaks! I have been watching it all afternoon as I worked around the house today! I forgot how kooky this show was!


I spent the time it took to watch the pilot for Twin Peaks ripping out the seams on a skirt that I never wore. The colors were really, really bright until I bleached it out yesterday...


I then got up and made a double batch of chocolate chip cookies.  While I was waiting for the cookies to bake I was walking around the kitchen tying up these...


The pieces of the skirt, a green scarf and my son's white t-shirt.  Last night I was wandering around Pinterest and came across some Shibori pins and inspiration hit! 

I had a tye-dye kit I had picked up because my son wanted to tye-dye one of his t-shirts. 

got this in AC Moore
I found some wood scraps in the workroom, grabbed some green string from my stash
and tied up the pieces of the skirt I deconstructed and a green scarf I picked up a few years ago in Wal Mart on the cheap... if the whole thing bombs nothing lost ( never wore the skirt and barely used the scarf) .  


I set up the kitchen table as the dying station as it was pouring rain this afternoon so tye-dying on the deck became a negative. The tied up pieces are all soaking in a soda ash solution.



I used the blue to dye my pieces. I added some red for purple accents on a couple...


Everything is wrapped up in plastic bags to cook for 12-24 hours...  
Tomorrow morning I'll take the pieces apart and see what I get...
I'm impatiently waiting...
Well, back to Twin Peaks...  :)