Marianne Bos - Quilt Artist: Shibori dyeing

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Monday, 22 April 2013

More Beautiful Shibori fabrics

Here are some of my latest shibori fabrics::

Dark Blue

Light Blue

Light Blue (3)

All available for sale at:
www.jokamamotextiles.etsy.com

Friday, 19 April 2013

Dyeing Frenzy!

I have been busy doing more dyeing this week and it's been lot of fun!

Shibori Folding technique

Shibori pole technique

Shibori folding/sewing technique

Shibori pole technique

These next four pieces are part of a meter that I dyed and then divided into 4. Isn't it interesting how different they all are?!

Ice Dyed Onesie with police car 9-12 months

Ice dyed Onesie 24-36 months

All these items are available for sale in my etsy shop:

http://www.jokamamotextiles.etsy.com

I have dyed some more of the scarves as well but will post photos of these later
p.s a big thanks to my husband for taking the photos!

Happy Quilting!

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

New Shibori fabrics - water backgrounds

Have just added some of my new Shirbori fabrics to my Webshop:

Shibori Blue/Green2

Shibori Blue/Green 1

Shibori Blue/Green 1 detail

These would be perfect for water backgrounds for pictorial quilts!

These are all metric fat quarters (slighty larger than standards US size)

and are hand dyed by me on 100% Cotton Pimatex.

This is a lovely soft tightweave cotton which is perfect for applique.

Happy Quilting!

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

My busy Dyeing day! Batik

Today I have a really busy day - dyeing 25+ metres of fabric.

I started with 12 meter lengths in Light Muted Colours

Then 12 meter lengths in Clear bright colours

Then, it was time to play! I had been thinking about doing some batik for a while and yesterday I borrowed a large crock pot full of wax from the school art teacher.

With my very hi tech "stamps"

First I used some fabrics that I had marbled a while back and wasn't sure what to do with them. I stamped them with my really hi tech stamps e.g a potatoe and a carrot!

Marbled fabric

Green fabric stamped with potatoes and carrots

The marbled fabric I put into a red dye bath and the green fabric in a dye bath of red and blue. These are batching and I will wash these out tomorrow. Can't wait to see how these turn out!

I will have to make some more ice dyes and tie dyes as well as these are selling like hotcakes!

www.jokamamotextiles.com

Happy Quilting!

Thursday, 18 October 2012

British Club Quilt Show

Tuesday was the quilt show at the British Club. This is the one time of year when all the quilting groups in Singapore come lunch together and show off their quilts. The quilts were great and varied greatly in colour and style.

This year seemed to be busier than last year and there were many more vendors there. It was great to meet some of the other vendors and learn about what is available here in Singapore. It was great to meet the guys from Schmetz needles and from Ban Soon Sewing Machines.

My table with my quilt "red/purple woven" in the background

I had a great time and my hand dyed fabrics, postcards and christmas tags were well received. The shibori dyes were a real hit!

A BIG THANK YOU to all who organised this event and also to those that bought fabrics/postcards/christmas tags from me. I do hope you make something beautiful with what you bought and I hope I will get to see what you make from it. (maybe in next years show???)

I'm sorry I don't have photos of the other quilts as I had forgotten my camera (dumb I know!)

It was a fun day but very tiring. I had a sewing class directly after this so by the time I got home I was shattered! 6.30pm and my lights were out!

I have a number of visitors coming next week and November so it's a good time to take a break from making postcards.

Happy Quilting!