indigo

I spent lots of time this week machine quilting. If I wait until I am finished with it to blog again, it might the year 2013! I feel like a turtle and keep thinking there has to be a quicker way to achieve dense quilting. (Ahh-yes, there is another unmet goal of learning […] Read More...

One of the reasons that I wanted to try working with an indigo vat was for this reason: obsessive stitching to use as a resist can really be beautiful. I drew a pattern lightly on a piece of fabric and stitched under the lines. I used Coats and Clark embroidery thread. Once I […] Read More...

I started two indigo vats this past week-one with the pre-reduced indigo from ProChem and one with the natural indigo in a lime-fructose-indigo vat. It was easier than I thought it would be and the warm weather helped me jump outdoors and jump into fabric dyeing. Silk Habotai with natural indigo Cotton with […] Read More...

I definitely went into class withdrawal last week on my series. But as I did some uploading of photos, I realized that I kept working away for the whole week. I went to a demonstration day at our local sewing store given by the group I belong to- Lakeshore Fiber […] Read More...