A stunningly simple design to create in shibori, this shibori leaf design. And there are many variations that you can explore yourself. Let’s Go Through Creating This Shibori Leaf Design Step by Step The First Step Firstly, draw the design of stem and leaves on to the fabric. Use tailors chalk or invisible fabric marker. …
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I am excited to introduce you to boshi shibori technique today, another technique to help you create your very own shibori designs. Boshi shibori helps you form completely white areas of resist which is particularly useful when creating shibori landscapes. The shapes need to be simple, circles, half circles, simple flower shapes. Additionally, it is …
Let’s look into embroidery with shibori. Love this small hanging I have created. I thought I would share the process with you and give you instructions on how to make some of the shibori elements that I used in the design. Above all, I have a lot of fun exploring embroidery with my shibori. Stitching …
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Let me share some stitched shibori inspiration. Therefore, here is a small round up of shibori projects sent to me, either inspired by my website, helped by my videos or emails or from those who have done my online course. To start, let’s take a look at these inspiring examples of work by close and …
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Today I wanted to introduce you to using two needles to create shibori designs. It is a very useful technique if you have lots of curved shapes close together. I will use a shibori seed head design to show you this way of working. Additionally, I am using 2 other shibori stitches, maki-nui and ori-nui …
Let me tell you about my visit to see The Red Dress Project at Ace Arts Somerton in Somerset. There are only two more days to see it there. Afterwards it is travelling to Wales and London in 2022 and to the USA and Canada in 2023/ 2024. That gives you quite a lot of …
I am having a lot of enjoyment from exploring slow stitch and shibori. Stitching into small pieces of my shibori fabrics and seeing what happens. As a consequence, I wanted to share with you this small hanging dyed with madder root and embellished with embroidery. Stage 1 How I Started This piece evolved slowly. Indeed, …
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Here is a simple design to create, a shibori Christmas star, using some of the most straightforward stitching. In this pattern we use miru shibori stitching. A design that is easy for a beginner to shibori to make. Let’s start Choose a lovely soft cotton piece 30cm/12” square. Please look at my general blog “10 …
Let me show you step by step how to make this shibori seed head. I recently designed this pattern to be included on a large drum lampshade I am making for a client. I thought I would share it with you. This pattern is created from 3 shibori stitches, ori-nui (the stem), miru shibori (the …
Let me show you how to make a shibori swallow. This little swallow is part of a lampshade design I am creating at the moment. I thought I would share the pattern with you. The bird is sewn using guntai shibori stitch. Guntai shibori is a tight oversew stitch whereby the fabric is folded in …
