Stitch A Day 2017, Day 12

Once again I've overdyed a small scrap of cotton I had. This is an old Laura Ashley print from the 80's. Laura Ashley was one of the first designers that got me hooked on prints. Although most of her prints seem a bit dated to me now, a quick dip in the indigo vat makes them work here.  The book "Laura Ashley Style" is a great resource for understanding her use of traditional historic fabrics and seeing how they're interpretted for modern applications. 

Stitch A Day, 2017: Day 2

I had a small scrap of upholstery fabric left from a client's project that worked perfectly with the thread I had leftover from my pole-wrapped shibori indigo dye vat. At this point I'm most stitching around the edges of the scraps, just to get them attached, then I'll come back through and add stitches to make sure there aren't any gaps and sags in the finished piece.

New Day, New Year, New Project

I started 2017 with a thorough brooming of my workspace, which kept my body busy as my mind pondered what new project to start. Most of the things I'm working on now involve a very long process without many interesting interim stages to document, or to sense the progress. I came across a post somewhere on Instagram, that I, of course, cannot find today, about doing a bit of embroidery each day. So I pulled out an old jacket that I love the shape of, but don't much like the fabric. I'm not sure I've ever thrown out a scrap of fabric, so I have a box of tiny pieces that I thought I could use to repurpose the old jacket in the Japanese boro style. I had some thread I'd used in tying off my shibori pieces in the indigo dye vat, so I started stitching. Hopefully, I'll spend 10 minutes a day stitching, and document the progress each day.