I am super excited to share my tutorial for the shibori dyeing that I did on yesterday’s Perfect Pattern Parcel concert tee. This is just one of many shibori techniques, but it seemed like one of the easier ones so I thought it would be a good intro into the world of japanese cloth dying.
Here are the materials that you will need :
– fabric dye (salt if your package asks for it)
– gloves
– rubber bands
– fabric (mine is bamboo knit)
– large pot
* You may notice that my dye is velvet black and yet much to my surprise the end result is very blue. Realize that all colors have gradations and when using tie dye techniques you may find that the hue shifts in the lighter areas.
Step 1 –
Cut your fabric into manageable sizes. For instance, for this shirt I cut one piece roughly the size of the front, one piece roughly the size of the back, one for the neckband, and one for the armbands. I had some leftover fabric and dyed it one flat color.
Step 2 –
Fold each piece accordian style (like you are folding a paper fan) so that it is long and skinny.
Step 3 –
Now fold that up the opposite way accordian style once again. The width of each fold will determine the size of the square pattern on your fabric. Mine are about 5 inches long and 3 inches wide.
Step 4 –
Step 5 –
According to your dyes instructions, stir and soak your bundles in the dye bath – mine stayed in for about an hour.
Step 6 –
Take off rubber bands, rinse thoroughly and hang to dry.
Now just sew it up into something fun!
PS The dye may run the first couple of times that you wash/dry it so be cautious with it in the laundry.
31 Comments
Thanks for the tut! Does it bleed upon washing?
mine did not. but i did only wash it with very dark fabric. i would be really careful laundering it the first 5 or so times.
Gorgeous! I really want to try this sometime!!!
Doesn’t seem too hard at all! Thanks for sharing!
no way–that is too easy! i’m dying to try this out myself (hehe no pun intended…). yours turned out so great!
Love it!! The dark bands are just perfect!
I have everything to do this right now…except the time! Gah, this is gorgeous!
The shirt turned out really great. The dye job looks so professional. I’m sure that this top will be one of your favourites!
This is so great Kelli! You are on fire with these tutorials. Lovely pics too.
Your tee is lovely! Thank you for sharing the technique!
You are so clever! I will try this one day, but first I should buy some white fabric. I don’t know if I have ever bought white fabric!!
love it !
You make it sound so easy! I’m sure mine will look different after I accidentally dump the dye all over the floor. Also important to note, I love your shower curtain!
Looks great – surprised it’s so simple!
I’m going to have to give this a try!
Many moons ago I studied textile design and I thought I would let you in on some things I learned in fibres yarns and fabrics. In fabric dying you can never get a true black. Even commercially it is either a blue black of a brown black. In industry they weigh everything down to the .000 of a gram to get the colour they need but in a home setting it is recommended to either double or triple the amount of dye to get a “true black”. Even so it is very very hard without holding the fabric at high heat. It’s interesting and I tend to nerd out a bit. Now let’s do some burn tests.
I really want to give this a go! It’s going to the top of my ‘to try’ list! Thanks for the tutorial! 🙂
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An awesome tutorial! I just love shibori as well! I have found that using fiber reactive dye makes a permanent bleed proof dye. AND it comes in great colors. See my shibori: https://www.madebybarb.com/?s=Shibori
Interesting tutorial with wonderful result.You have made the process easy for newcomer like me.Thank you .