Dyeing

I bought some dye when I went to the quilt and craft show. I have been waiting for some sun to be able to dye and yesterday was the day. Here are some of the results. This is something I have been experimenting with, it's called shibori and I am loving it. It is an ancient Japanese way of dyeing and it involves the wrapping of fabric around the pipe like I have done here and also clamping, tying and stitching. I am going to try clamping next. I have reserved some books out of the library to help me along.

So here I wrap the fabric around the pole, then push it down to one end to crease it. Then I pour the dye over it and let it soak and dry out for 24 hours. Next time I am going to try two colours, one on each end and see how that goes.

This is the results once I have wound it off the pole.

It looks even better in person. The colours are amazing. So this is my next project, to make more of these. I also bought some ink pencils at the craft fair and they are specifically for fabric so that will be what I draw with now. I just have to learn how to use them :)
Off to eat choc mint biscuits.
Jane