Shibori means to wring or squeeze in Japanese. This tie-dye method creates beautiful organic patterns on your fabric. Here’s a simple video tutorial on how to make your own shibori tie-dye scarf.
Part 1 is all about the tie-dye method. It’s very easy and if I was able to do it in my tiny studio apartment, you can do it anywhere!
In Part 2, we sew the shibori fabric into a circular scarf. It comes quickly together using your sewing machine, but there’s a bit of hand sewing involved at the end.
I’m by no means on top of fashion trends, but I have noticed there is a lot of (expensive) shibori scarves in the stores right now! Like this beaded one from Anthro and a simple version from Madewell. The longer length of my version of the shibori scarf makes it really versatile. Here’s some more ways to wrap it.
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Hi Rin, Love your blog! I am obsessed with things Japanese and own far too many sewing books! I have just followed your shibori video and it came out pretty good! A question though, I put my dyed fabric in washing machine but the white part of the fabric turned light blue from the dye run off, have you got any tips on how to not have this happen? 😮
Hi Louise! Hmmm sounds like the dye hadn’t been washed out properly before putting it in the washing machine? I’d check the dye instructions first, but it sounds like you need to rinse the dyed fabric thoroughly before putting it in a machine. Also, make sure you cold wash!
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