Transitioning from the back to the front today. It's been slow going of late. The ikat is a scrap left over from shortening some pants.
Indigo ikat
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.
Rust dyed cotton handstitched on top of a handwoven stripe and sashiko inspired print
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 50
I was happy to find this scrap of a Japanese print inspired by Sashiko patterns. The color picks up the different rust tones of the indigo scrap below. At the top is a bit of screen printed canvas that was a failure, but cut up and overdyed one would never know.
Rust-dyed cotton overdyed with indigo
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 49
The center of this section is a piece of rust dyed cotton that I overdyed with indigo. Below that is a piece of shibori folded cotton dipped in a different indigo vat. The rust dyed piece was dyed in the iron vat and the folded piece was done in a workshop using a pre-reduced indigo and a fructose vat. I wasn't very happy with the pre-reduced indigo. The color seemed a bit flat and despite 12 dips never got that rich deep indigo that I can get with just 5 or 6 dips in the iron vat. I think the pre-reduced indigo is the issue. I feel like I get about the same results with the iron vat as from the fructose vat. I prefer the iron vat because it's easier to maintain.
Pieced and patched indigo cottons
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 48
I just got a small bit done today, working in the same area as yesterday.
Boro inspired stitching with scraps of indigo
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 47
A blue section. Looks like today's sky. Enjoying it before the next storms come through.
Day 46 of Stitch a Day, patching a jacket in the boro style
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 46
The left side begins with patches and scraps pinned on and the first stitches to tack the pieces down to the jacket. I found a scrap of an old Liberty of London print which is interesting in juxtaposition to the japanese ikat inspired print above it.
Block Printed Indian Cotton Stitched in the Boro Tradition
Stitch a Day 2017, Day 45
I found a nice bit of an indigo dyed block print twill from India that was the perfect weight to cover the pocket. It's sturdy enough that it will bear up to repeated rubbings. I think I'll add some more stitched in the other direction.