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22 Feb, 2021

Ori-Nui Shibori with Indigo

22 Feb, 2021

This week I wanted to show a stitch resist type of shibori. One of my favorites is ori-nui. The running stitches are worked parallel to a single fold of fabric. By varying the length of your stitches and working at different distances from the fold you can create a...

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15 Feb, 2021

Ne-maki Shibori with Indigo

15 Feb, 2021

This starts a series of shibori techniques with indigo. But first, I want to show you an indigo dyed cotton scarf/shawl using arashi shibori techniques. The process was shown in detail on the last blog post, but this one I used indigo dye. Ne-maki shibori is a tied and/or...

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08 Feb, 2021

Arashi Shibori with Onion Skins

08 Feb, 2021

I miss taking in-person classes. The interaction of learning with teachers and fellow students is hard to replace with zoom meetings. When classes were cancelled during Covid, I decided to skip the zoom learning opportunities and work thru my numerous Shibori reference books instead. My finished onion dyed silk...

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