Tucked away in the Dandenong Ranges just outside of Melbourne, Myf Walker’s garden is filled with botanical treasures that any serious natural dyer would love to get their hands on.
Before the July- August garden begins to blooms its gaudy head off and I get carried away taking photos, I thought I might present some of the last of my June eco print images. Artist and bl…
I have been eco-printing for 5 years, and have not used any eucalyptus until last month. Much of India Flint's work focuses on the use of Eucalypts, native to her South Australia. I have been tempted, but since it does not grow here in the frozen north, I have concentrated on usi
Photographs and description of how to create a tie dye lime leaf using stitched shibori techniques. To be an inspiration in your shibori and tie dye projects.
A good find, really perfect match I found finally. I tried many times natural printing on leather, this is the best lamb skin I've ever sourced. Last week when I passed by a street stall I found the very soft lamb skin, good price, good quality and so soft after steaming. 最近終於找到很好的羊仔皮做天然植物印染, 也是終日沈醉的研究, 踏車時撿拾或朋友給予的花花草草共冶爐, 烙印著天然的植物色素, 製作了好幾個包包, 自己都滿意, 有點愛不釋手呢. The size is the whole piece of a small lamb. I'm really into leather prints. These days I have been doing with assorted plants particularly love the flower prints. I like to print on the down size (not the smooth surface) as outcome looks much better. Photos below speak themselves........ Cosmos printed from yellow to red Gerbera and nandina Lemmon marigold, willow and cosmo Hibiscus I love most, delicate and vivid. Hibiscus tiliaceus Sometimes I use flowers of home grown or from friends' garden. Sometimes I pick windfalls while biking This is purple but prints no colour yet shape is pretty. Today I went biking with the lambskin prints for shooting. It's soft as a towel. I've made a few pouches with the swatches. I'm crazy now! Almost every day doing experiments after I found the good material. Fun to play and share.
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Showing you the wonderful and inspiring shibori flowers that were done on the recent week long fully immersive shibori retreat in Cornwall run by me, Annabel Wilson and organised by Proper Crafty. Still have more to tell in a future blog!
3 inspiring ideas for creating shibori circles in ori-nui stitch. Clear guidance to help you make the stitch.
Letting you see some great shibori design ideas that were done on the recent day workshop with Dorset IFA. Some lovely patterns to excite and impress you! Includes a shibori sampler showing a selection of shibori designs and a magnificent shibori landscape.
A good friend asked me if I have had good experience with natural dyeing with cotton fabric. I told her that I had some bad ones and a few fair to good results. Unlike silk, wool, mohair, and alpac…
"Good shades..... Yes, mum wanted to make shades, but color of leaves." Intended to make shades of leaves, I used different steps of...
Aboubakar Fofana is a master natural indigo dyer dedicated to sharing his passion for ancestral growing, weaving and dyeing skills throughout the world.
I have read several times about Michel Garcia’s indigo vats – in reports from the ISEND natural dye conference in France, in posts on Helen Melvin’s blog and most recently in an article by Jane Deane in The Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers. Michel Garcia is a bio-chemist who has been researching indigo dyeing […]
This past year I participated in Glennis Dolce's Moon of the Month subscription and received 2 Indigo dipped moons every month with a complete list of the fabrics used and any other tidbits she wanted us to know about the making or significance of them. She just started it up again and it's not to late to subscribe for 2023. It was so much fun never knowing what size and shaped moons she'd create and what special fabrics she'd use, oftentimes cutting into old kimonos she's brought back with her from Japan. Glennis also has a tour guided trip to Japan this year that looks amazing. I believe there are a few spots left too. Glennis is a wealth of information on Japan and Shibori. She also offers many other courses, cards and pieces she has made, several of them she has slow stitched into banners and bags. Above are only a few of the 24 moons she sent out this past year. With the December moons she also sent out six different rabbit silhouettes that she suggested we stitch onto a few of the moons since this is the year of the Rabbit. I did a few and wasn't sure if I liked them, but when I saw this pix of them I think I might do a couple more before I sew them together in some type of banner. My dear blogger friend Liz from I'm going to Texas also participated in the monthly moons and has already started to sew hers onto a Quilt top. Can't wait to see how it turns out!
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My first experiences with indigo that peaked my interest were a bit how I imagine Oz seems to look from the outside. Beautiful. Idyllic. Carefree. I started by taking a few classes in beautiful…
Step by step photos and descriptions of how to make and dye this golden daisy type echinacea flower in stitched shibori.
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Showing you how to sew and dye simple shibori patterns. And then by adding indigo using a pipette learn to create fresh blue on white designs.
Recently, one of our readers wrote to us with questions relating to her indigo vat. Here’s her message verbatim – “Before I bought the video, I tried mixing the indigo vat using M…
Images and description of how to make a wren in shibori stitch resist. The different stitches are described to help you create this little bird.
Learn and be inspired by Annabel Wilson to make four simple shibori leaves in miru and mokume shibori. Images to inspire you.
Today I am going to outline some very basic and useful tips for helping to make your shibori sewing easier and more successful. This is based on my many years of creating lamps and lampshades from shibori stitched fabrics. Here are […]
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Shibori Flower Guide PDF PDF eBook Download page Thank you for requesting my PDF guide to craft a stunning shibori flower with ease. Please click on the download link below to get the pdf. Please browse my shop for more […]
I have just made this pretty design into a lavender bag for upcoming Christmas sales. Let me tell you how to make this in sophisticated tie dye. This one is not for absolute beginners as it incorporates 3 different types […]
Images and description of how to make a wren in shibori stitch resist. The different stitches are described to help you create this little bird.
Add visual texture and interest to your next sewing project with the art of shibori. By Alyson Provax.
Now for a Mandala fold, take a square piece of fabric, fold it in quarts and further in eights: Try to fold the remaining part into its place between the outer eights. Found this at the hardware store, it's an opener for paint cans, but I have my own plans with it. In the mean time I am also experimenting with different types of fabric, this is a 80% cotton, 20% polyester blend with an 'open' weave, which makes it easier for dyes to penetrate into the inner layers.
I have just run a wonderful Shibori indigo day workshop here in my home town of Sherborne, Dorset. Eight very creative, hard working and imaginative individuals took part. It was a great day, thank you Rosemary, Jackie, Merrille, Jen, […]
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I have just run a wonderful Shibori indigo day workshop here in my home town of Sherborne, Dorset. Eight very creative, hard working and imaginative individuals took part. It was a great day, thank you Rosemary, Jackie, Merrille, Jen, […]
You can easily enjoy more healthy dinners on your low carb diet with these amazing low carb high protein meals. These high protein meal ideas are perfect to help you eat more nutritiously on your weight loss journey.
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GL, one of our readers wrote to us with questions about her indigo vat. In Part 1, we shared WSN President and producer of Natural Dye Workshop DVDs, Yoshiko Wada’s response. In Part 2, we …
I promised some black bean dyeing quite a while ago, and do not think I have forgotten! But before you do any dyeing, you have to mordant – and the mordant used for black beans is common enou…
Making your own homemade electrolyte drink is quick, naturally refreshing and much healthier – without all of the store-bought additives.
