Design-A-Day SpoonChallenge: Day 11
Today's #SFDesignADay Challenge features the unique hand dyed techniques used by Pam Layton York of The Playful Crow . Giving us a closer look at her step-by-step process, she shows us how she takes her fabric from dyed to digital. Read on for detailed photos of the entire process and try your hand at the hand-dyed technique at home! Pam: "Shibori" is an ancient Japanese tie-dying technique. Patterns were created by folding, compressing, binding and stitching fabric in various ways prior to dying to create different patterns. Unlike modern multi-colored tie-dyed items, the Shibori technique used only one color. Indigo was the most popular. I started with some of the traditional methods of stitching and folding and then added a few of my own to create the designs. Working with indigo dye was amazing. The fabrics were bright green when they first came out of the dye and then oxidized to a beautiful ...