Stitched shibori

Hi..it is Marsha from coolquilting again...with a shorter post than last week!! So, if you want more detailed info on the stitching and dyeing processes, check out last Saturday's post. Most of my curved stitched shibori for this week is based on the traditional Japanese larch or Karamatsu design. This traditional design is stitched on single folds in the fabric to produce alternating rows of concentric circles. When doing the stitching for the larch design, the threads can be either tied…

Shibori is the umbrella term that refers to a variety of Japanese resist dyeing techniques. Many of them can be either incredibly simple or quite intricate, depending on your choices. This is definitely the case with nui shibori, or stitched shibori, which uses a simple running stitch, which is then tightened and bou

Explore this shibori stitch technique called guntai shibori. Lovely design ideas to inspire you from Annabel Wilson of Townhill Studio.

Next month I will be taking a 3 day class in woven shibori with Catharine Ellis. She adapted traditional Japanese shibori into "the language of weaving." The Japanese shibori pattern called mokume is made by stitching parallel lines into a piece of cloth, then gathering the stitches tightly. When the cloth is dyed, the folds resist the dye…

A visual dictionary of techniques. Click on the ‘play’ buttons next to the names to hear the Japanese pronunciations. For detailed instruction on techniques see Jane’s book ‘Stitched Shibori’. Why not book into her interactive zoom courses ‘Shibori Stream’ – You can read the reviews by students and see her students’ members gallery. Stitched Shibori […]

Letting you see some great shibori design ideas that were done on the recent day workshop with Dorset IFA. Some lovely patterns to excite and impress you! Includes a shibori sampler showing a selection of shibori designs and a magnificent shibori landscape.

Machi by Debbie Maddy... As we've been doing the past few weeks, we've asked the designers to share the inspiration for their collections, quilts and how they create their designs. It is amazing how different everyone’s work is and how the fabric lines are created. This is how my "shibori" fabrics begin - white fabric and tons of stitches. The magic starts when I mix the indigo vat and start the dyeing process. Just the beautiful iridescent blue on the top of the indigo makes me happy. My…

I have been wanting to have a go at playing with shibori circles since someone did something like this on one of my workshops. There are 6 different circle patterns to explore and learn how to make here. Each different […]

Three rewarding shibori stitch resist designs to make. Simple ori-nui patterns suitable for the complete beginner to shibori. Easy and effective.

Step by step Instructions and illustrations for a shibori geranium. A straightforward and effective pattern for you to create.