Itajime shibori folding techniques

This post is Nienka's first instructional post from November 2, 2013. It is pretty basic which is a great place to start but wait till you see some of her later posts! ---Judith To start this series, I want to show you two ways to fold a grid pattern. The first one (right) is known as the 'flagfold' I think, and the other one is just a variation. I made an example in paper as it is easier to make a picture of this: You see the difference in the starting point. For both, fold a rectangle…

triangular fold (my favorite!) Process photos of itajime shibori set made for waterfall, Blogged the process here: kaizenjourney.blogspot.com/

Kamasu shibori may have more steps than the standard folding techniques, but after a week of experimenting with various methods, I have found kamasu is my far the easiest to master. Here is a step…

In the last year I have been learning about fabric dyeing and recently have been drooling over shibori dyed fabrics. What is shibori? In a nut shell it is a Japanese way of resist dyeing cloth where you fold, stitch, bind, twist and/or compress a fabric to give it a pattern. I have a whole pinterest board filled with fabrics one prettier than the other. We are staying at my MIL's house while waiting to move into our own home, but I couldn't wait any longer to dip my hands in dye, so I got a…

An old white shirt got a new life with DIY shibori dyeing project! This time, I used itajime style (square accordion folding technique). Fafafoom.com.

Three days - three shibori scarves. Click on any of the images to enlarge. Minnesota is known for many things: rivers and lakes, blizzards and tornadoes, the Twin Cities - not to mention the Twins baseball team - and a plethora of educational and cultural institutions. Thriving arts centers can be found even in the smallest of Minnesota towns, such as St. Peter, population 10,000, more or less. Entrance, Arts Center of Saint Peter. During a recent hot August week-end six students, working…

Itajime Shibori Dyeing ~ HOW TO CREATE AN INDIGO DYE BATH AND MAKE A FLAG FOLDED SHIBORI PATTERN. Shibori dyeing is a traditional Japanese technique that involves creating intricate patterns on fabric through a series of folding, stitching, scrunching, twisting, binding, and compressing steps before dyeing. The parts of the fabric that are compressed, resist absorbing the dye and therefore leave undyed (often white) areas, creating a pattern.

This will demonstrate the variety of effects that can be gotten with just one folding method, and it really only scratches the surface. All ...