About a year ago I wrote a blog about creating different pattern shibori circles but white against blue. I wanted to explore the same idea using a pipette thereby creating a pattern of blue designs on a white background. By using a pipette the indigo can be collected and transferred to the fabric without coming …
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I thought it would be special to share with you inspiring examples of work by close and far away friends who love shibori just like I do. Some of the things I am going to show you have been inspired by my blog and guidance I have published and some by individuals who have come …
Love Shibori: Sharing Some Friends Shibori Designs Read More »
Let me tell you about my recent shibori workshop with madder and indigo dye, down at the Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Centre at Kingcombe. It was a rainy weekend but that didn’t deter the 9 keen, creative people gathered for the two and a half days. Fabulous and inspiring work was completed and I am just …
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Here is more encouragement and advice to help you to make a stitch resist thistle. This one is not for beginners as it incorporates 4 different types of stitching and needs careful manipulation. I have made this design into a rather pretty lamp. This is a step by step guide on how to create a …
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I held an inspiring and creative weekend indigo workshop recently with a group of felt makers down in deepest Devon. I want to show you the shibori on nuno felt created. It is gorgeous! It makes me want to get making some felt. We started the first day with making a number of small samplers …
What Everybody Ought to Know About Creating Shibori on Nuno Felt. Read More »
Beautiful weather, beautiful work on my latest shibori stitching workshop at Artisan Community Art Studio in Bournemouth this weekend. It is always interesting to see what particular aspect of shibori grabs people and this time it was definitely an interest in exploring stitch resist geometric patterns; circles and diamonds particularly. 6 very enthusiastic participants came …
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A friend was clearing out some of her books so I just had to look into her reject box and I found a beautifully illustrated book about William de Morgan design and his amazing colourful tiles. As so many of his tile designs are stylised natural forms it was a perfect inspiration for trying a …
William de Morgan Design Inspiration for Shibori Stitch Resist Patterns Read More »
Let me tell you about my latest workshop, wonderful and inspiring work was completed and I am just picking out 5 of the shibori design ideas to tell you about to excite and impress you! And hopefully inspire you too. This workshop took place on a Sunday in April at Frampton Village Hall here in Dorset …
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A month on from the week long fully immersive shibori retreat in Cornwall run by me and organised by Proper Crafty and I am letting you see more of the wonderful and inspiring work that was done. Today I am going to share the fantastic shibori flowers that were made. Ten keen and creative …
5 Inspiring shibori flowers from my Cornish week long retreat. Read More »
Stitch resist shibori lends itself to making natural forms and patterns and particularly to these ammonite shapes. Today I am going to show you 3 different ammonite designs that you may like to make. Two I have created and one that was made on a recent workshop. Different colours dyed with indigo and fibre reactive dyes. …
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