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 …
I love to make textures in shibori like these shibori spots and squares. Let me enthuse you to have a go too. Here are straightforward instructions and images for creating the 3 different shibori textured patterns shown above by simple stitching and binding. You can discover how to stitch and tie in these uncomplicated ways …
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Miru shibori enables you to design some wonderful shapes and patterns. We will look at 4 examples of shapes and designs made by using this technique of shibori stitching. All the shapes made using this method need to be regular shapes as in circles, squares and leaves. Therefore, the pattern has the same outline to …
Designing with Miru shibori 4 original ideas to inspire you. Read More »
Create this shibori celandine flower, a simple pattern for you to make. I will show you step by step how to make this many petalled flower. You will need dextrous fingers, but I have used very simple stitching to create the pattern. Start with a piece of fabric 25cm or 10” square. Use my design …
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Let us look at what great designs we can make from maki-age shapes and stitching. In addition I hope they will inspire your creations in sophisticated tie dye techniques. Maki-age shibori stitch is quite simple. Indeed, all you need to do is stitch around the outline of the shape you want to make in a …
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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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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 …
Be Inspired to shape a simple collection of grasses in shibori stitch resist Read More »
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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