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Shibori on the Clothesline

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Today I was motivated to do some shibori dying. I just adore seeing a full clothesline too.

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I’m just so in love with this process, it involves folding/wrapping/clamping/tying as a way of creating a resist, then when dipped in indigo dye the results are magic. There really is no wrong way to do this. Opening each piece is so exciting!

I dyed 12 cloth napkins and 12 dishtowels along with two linen dresses that have been hanging around unworn, because who wears white? I know I don’t.

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The dish towels are made of thin flour sack cotton fabric, perfect for around the kitchen but I have plans to sew them together into a beach cover up.  (I’ll post pics of that later)

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Each one of these pieces is unique and could never be ‘exactly’ repeatable, that’s exactly what I love about shibori…it’s wabi-sabi. The perfect in the imperfect.

I’ll be hosting a dying workshop at the farm on July 2nd at 10am-2pm if you would like to learn how to dye in this traditional Japanese way. We will focus on flat cloth (napkins/towels etc) in this workshop as dying clothing be somewhat complex.

Let me know if you’re interested!

Yours,

Deb

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This Week In Pictures

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This week was full of back-to-school excitement and the slanting light of late summer. Soon there will be a chill in the air and I’ll be able to wear a sweater and socks. My favorite time of year.

Yours,

Deb

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An all local dinner (veggies from our garden), beef from up the hill. Yum!

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Baby new potatoes with lots of butter, herbs and parmesan cheese. Also yum!

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The smallest frog, an expert at camouflage.

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Keeping cool in the summer heat. Maybe sometime I’ll try resting my belly on the cool tiles.

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I couldn’t help myself, I dyed some scarves.

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Mysterious pancakes emblazoned with Oak Trees.

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Ended the week with a visit from a dear friend and a sun ray.

Linen Shibori Scarves – now for sale!

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Well all, I just couldn’t help myself. I love the process of shibori dyeing so much that I just had to make some scarves!

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These scarves are a blend of linen and rayon with a beautiful drape. The indigo blue color is traditionally used to dye blue jeans and I haven’t met a skin tone that it doesn’t look radiant on.

If you’d like to have one of your own you can find them in my shop on etsy.

Here’s a link to my etsy shop.

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All my best to you!

deb