Back in July, the Fiber Junkies spent a day Indigo dyeing. I've been itching to create a piece ever since.
It may not have been wise to have experimented with so many different fabrics; linen, wool, silk, and some coarsely woven burlapy stuff....to name a few. The results were all so different and don't coordinate well, yielding only small amounts of any one kind.
Being influenced by my darling DIL's love of lime green.....and with a hunk of ice dyed (on the left...overdyed what was once a country style yellow and white star fabric)....a palette is developing along with some possible embellishments.
After far more standing and gazing at the design wall than should have been necessary...shifting hunks of the linen around, I was able to piece them together for a background.
Where is this going? No clue yet........ The background will require lots of stitching as it's very flimsy (yes again.....but perhaps that's part of the challenge!)....... stay tuned.
9 comments:
Lime green and indigo! Who knew!!! Who would have thought! But it works!!! look forward to seeing this one in the final works!
you have a big challenge on here but good to see you are usuig some of your dyes and ice dyed fabrics
I've been thinking of doing some lime stitching on indigo, I'm glad you showed this because it looks really good.
What a great combination! Two of my favorite colors, lime green and indigo shibori. What's not to like?
I agree, it's great already. I know you will find a fabulous finish. (If you can't think of anything, just send it my way!!)
I am looking forward to seeing where this piece goes next. I love blue so need to think about trying indigo dyeing one of these days. Thanks for sharing.
Indigo just seems to be at home with so many unexpected colors! Can't wait to see the results.
I'm loving the way you pieced the background with all the Indigo pieces.....
This is looking really great. Love the lime with indigo.
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