Saturday, January 21, 2012

First try at Shibori

It was a hard week at work. Long days, deadlines, new projects, and with a head cold. Bahhhh. I kept thinking to myself, "I just want to dye". LOL. I planned on trying Shibori this weekend... and that was the dyeing I wanted to do.Here is my first attempt.
I used a heavy muslin, I think a medium weight would give me results with more dye seeping thru.
I folded the fabric, then folded again in accordion triangles, tied it together firmly, then dyed.

I'm seeing this maybe as a quilted table runner.
I'm seeing more tries at Shibori...


8 comments:

One Crabapple said...

oooo lookit what you made !

You didn't even TELL ME you were trying this....

! ! !

hey you are supposed to tell me EVERYTHING ! Excuse me....

;)

xo-S

PS> Awesome .......

Phyllis said...

What a neat effect! All kinds of possibilities with this. I'm not brave enough to try dying anything and will admire yours from afar :)

Kathryn Zbrzezny said...

Wow, gorgeous! Very impressive, especially for a first try! I love the color on that beige...and can't wait to see more. Hope your headcold is better this weekend.

Werna Gail said...

This is great, I'll have to look into it, looks interesting and fun.
Hope you are feeling better. If you have time, pop on over and see some of the Key West Fabric I posted.

Anonymous said...

This looks fun and complicated! I have some fabric coming for dyeing. I thought I might try it for fun. Love the mug rugs, they're my size :)

Shopgirl said...

Another adventure in creating...I love the look. My daughter would love to do this, she loves to tie dye. Hugs, Mary

nanabuzlife said...

You are amazing! I have not tie dyed in years! Love you first attempt, only tells me great things are to come.
Miss you Nancy

Judy S. said...

Hope you're feeling lots better by now!