Here's the other side of the collar. Now that the collar is finished I can start to work on the sleeves.
Visible mending using scraps of Japanese cotton
day 64, stitch a day, 2017, visible mending
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 64
The other side of the collar
collar patched with visible mending
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 63
And this finishes up the collar.
visible mending using cottons hand dyed in the indigo vat
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 62
Filling in little bits and pieces around the odd corners.
Stitching around resist dyed indigo dots
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 59
Lots of shades of blue here. And again, a day without many stitches. I'm in the midst of a remodel, with a wonderful new studio space in the works, and have been spending a good amount of time on the endless decisions that need to be made. Not much time left for stitching. And the bit of spare time I did have I used for a game of Catan with friends, which is a great way to spend an evening.
Ikat cotton stitched to board clamped shibori
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 56
There are lots of shades of indigo blue here. Some were dyed in Japan, some in India and some in SoCal. They all use different dyestuff, different water and different dye recipes, yet somehow the colors blend and mix beautifully.
Rust dyed cotton stitched to Shibori clamped cotton
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 54
I didn't get too many stitched done today, so here's a close-up of the rust -dyed cotton, over-dyed in the indigo vat and then pieced under a piece of poplin that was folded into pleats, clamped between boards and dipped in the indigo vat.
Screenprinted cotton overdyed with indigo and stitched in the boro manner
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 51
It's been slow progress lately. So many projects. I'm not getting to my stitching until late at night, and then I'm usually tired and lazy and not getting many stitches done. But it's been something every day for 51 days, so that's something.