Shibori 101

Cora had a piece of white cotton cloth. Very high quality white cotton cloth. But she didn't really want white, you know? Something colored would be fabulous. So she got out her thread, a stencil, and a wash-off-able fabric marker. She didn't embroider. She Shibori-ed. Observe:

(You can click the pictures to make them bigger, by the way)

Now pull all those threads tight to scrunch up the fabric so that dye can't reach the scrunched parts!

Now repeat 5 bazillion times. Cora also put on little "bubbles" by pinching little bits of fabric and tightly wrapping thread around the pinched part.

Now you dye. Mwahahaha... *baptizes fabric in indigo* *twice*

When you are finished with that, you grab your favorite Cowboy and make him pull out all the stitches with you. At least, that's what Cora did, and it worked out fabulously.

And you continue speaking about yourself in third person because... well... Do you need a reason for everything?

This is what you end up with. Butterflies and bubbles!

Now Cora will hem the two non-selvage sides and wear this new Tichel that she made.