Screen printed cotton overdyed in the indigo vat
I didn't get too many stitches done today, so I thought I'd show how interesting this screen printed cotton looks close up. The print didn't take too well, and the dye is really splotchy and uneven as I didn't take time to scour the fabric before I dipped it in the indigo vat. I'm thinking about how I will stitch it. No idea at the minute.
Ikat cotton stitched to board clamped shibori
There are lots of shades of indigo blue here. Some were dyed in Japan, some in India and some in SoCal. They all use different dyestuff, different water and different dye recipes, yet somehow the colors blend and mix beautifully.
Rust-dyed cotton stitched to a Japanese print
Progress is slow.
Rust dyed cotton stitched to Shibori clamped cotton
I didn't get too many stitched done today, so here's a close-up of the rust -dyed cotton, over-dyed in the indigo vat and then pieced under a piece of poplin that was folded into pleats, clamped between boards and dipped in the indigo vat.
Running stitches on turquoise clamp dyed cotton
Another day with few stitches, but progress nonetheless. The title of the project is Stitch a Day, and I definitely did more than one stitch!
Indigo ikat
Transitioning from the back to the front today. It's been slow going of late. The ikat is a scrap left over from shortening some pants.
Screenprinted cotton overdyed with indigo and stitched in the boro manner
It's been slow progress lately. So many projects. I'm not getting to my stitching until late at night, and then I'm usually tired and lazy and not getting many stitches done. But it's been something every day for 51 days, so that's something.
Rust dyed cotton handstitched on top of a handwoven stripe and sashiko inspired print
I was happy to find this scrap of a Japanese print inspired by Sashiko patterns. The color picks up the different rust tones of the indigo scrap below. At the top is a bit of screen printed canvas that was a failure, but cut up and overdyed one would never know.
