I am finding a lot of joy in exploring shibori and embroidery. Stitching into my shibori fabrics and seeing what happens. I thought I would share with you these two small pieces of indigo with embroidery. Firstly there is this circular pan protector. I bought a fabulous new non stick frying pan and wanted to …
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I love decorating clothing with stitched shibori. I am going to share some ideas for successful shibori clothing designs. For me keeping the designs simple is key. An uncluttered and straightforward pattern is always pleasing. What works well is one strong central image or a frieze of small design elements. I am going to show …
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I am going to describe for you how to make this shibori echinacea flower design in stitched shibori. Perhaps this one is not for beginners as it incorporates 3 different types of stitching and needs some careful manipulation. Let me get you started. Take a look at the blog “10 Helpful Hints for Shibori Sewing” …
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The shibori snowflake is a simple design to create using some of the most straightforward stitching. In this pattern we use ori-nui and ne-maki shibori stitching. A design that is easy for a beginner to shibori to make. In searching for inspiration I found out about Wilson (snowflake) Bentley the first person to photograph snowflakes. …
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Today let’s look at what is a good cotton fabric for shibori. We are going to look at 3 different fabrics and see what difference the weave makes to creating a successful result. I receive many emails asking me questions about shibori stitch resist. I like to share these on my blog to help others …
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Here is a simple collection of grasses. I created this design to decorate one of my lampshades. The overall design is a collection of tall stalks with a seed head on the ends and tapering grass blades interspersed. I discovered that some wonderful designs are made from the simple running stitch through two folds of …
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From the USA, Colombia, Canada, Belgium and the UK images of worldwide shibori work come flying into my inbox. I find that exciting to know my videos and blogs have inspired others to discover the wonderful world of shibori. I thought it would be special to share with you inspiring examples of work by close …
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Just a few weeks ago I received an email from someone in Australia telling me that she had used some of my download patterns in an indigo shibori quilt she was creating. And there were some photos too. I was so excited to see my patterns being used in this way. I had imagined my …
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Let’s look at some more examples of visible mending with shibori. There are many wonderful examples of visible mending particularly on Instagram which has inspired me. But of course I want to bring shibori in somehow! To mend and upcycle these two pieces of clothing, a pair of shorts and a top I created or …
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I want to share these designs and ideas about how to visible mend with shibori patterned fabrics. Today is the day! The piece I am going to share with you is a shibori scarf that was originally made from some vintage linen. The scarf was dyed with indigo using a very bold mokume pattern. As …
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