Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Shibori fabric covered buttons


Shibori fabric covered buttons
Originally uploaded by alsokaizen

Shibori dyed Fabric covered buttons, not completly happy with the result, next time I will use fabrics with a more complex pattern and some sort of base fabric, the metal button kind of shows through the thin cotton. all the blue and gold fabrics were made for Fresh Purls

Blue Shibori selection


Blue Shibori selection
Originally uploaded by alsokaizen

3 blue shibori fabric swatches dyed using clamping process and 2densities of dye

Gold Shibori selection


Gold Shibori selection
Originally uploaded by alsokaizen

3 fabrics dyed using a clamping method and 2 densities of dye

latest garden pics 008


latest garden pics 008
Originally uploaded by alsokaizen

This bed was dug and planted last fall, I'm pleased with the contrast between the plants, features: Purple smoke tree, 2 kinds of weiglia, coriopsis "moonglow", basil, and varigated sedum (sp?) I'm hoping to make the one I just dug resemble this someday

latest garden pics 001


latest garden pics 001
Originally uploaded by alsokaizen

Started digging this garden bed back in April, finally finished it last weekend, all those rocks from the bed made a nice border! Eventually I will put plants in but I may wait until fall and hit the sales.