Projects — shibori

Shibori dyed pillows made from batting? Who knew! I did an experiment with Fairfield's organic cotton batting and Tulip's blue one-step dye, and it came out beautiful! The batting is robust enough to hold up to sewing into a pillow, and the one-step dye saturated the batting into fabulous and luxurious home decor.

You will want to watch this for some really pretty DIY projects for the outdoors that will brighten up your summer porch or patio!  Includes pillows, a wall hanging, a summer quilt, beach totes, and even an alpaca tuffet!

  This woven wall hanging was so much fun to make for Fairfield with their fabulous cotton batting that I dyed with Tulip® dyes in lemon and indigo colors, and combined them with recycled jeans, shredded damask fabric, and Loopy Mango yarn.  It is part of a Fairfield social media campaign, and I can't wait to show you the rest of the projects that were made for a beautiful sunroom with tons of projects.  So check back soon, for more deets!  Meanwhile, here are the steps it took for me to make this wall art, that I hope inspires you to...