I just used up an Etsy gift card on the best possible thing – Halloween cards from Janet Hill Studio! I’ve been browsing around for a couple days trying to…
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The final project for Shibori Week is dyed ribbon. If you’re looking for unique gift wrapping ideas, this ribbon couldn’t be easier. I threw the entire roll in the dye…
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Today’s Shibori project is also an upcycle project. In my fervor to do all the shibori dyeing I could, I scrounged up fabric from anywhere I could find it. This…
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Day three of Shibori Week is a marriage between two Japanese craft traditions—shibori and sashiko. Sashiko (or boro) is a form of decorative and functional stitching. The practice began back…
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Day two of Shibori week is all about journals. The shibori fabric I used for this project started with remnants from another past project. I can’t recall where I got…
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Scarves are the first in a weeklong exploration of shibori. I love the texture and richness of each scarf. They were surprisingly easy to make and turned out nice enough…
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Over the past year, I’ve been exploring the practice of shibori, a Japanese dyeing technique where—through folds, stitches, and resistance—you can create patterns. As a result of all these explorations,…
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It’s always such a fun problem to narrow down all the great cards out there to a single nine-card roundup. Every time I start this kind of post, I end…
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This weekend marks the one year anniversary of the Women’s March on January 21, 2017. It was an event that brought six million women, men, and child together across the globe…
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Enjoy these fun mix-and-match cupcake toppers to ring in the New Year! I’m pretty low-key on New Year’s Eve. I enjoy flopping on the couch with a good movie, my…
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