Indigo dyeing at La Conner

The La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum sponsored a workshop on Indigo Dyes: organized by Susan Riedel and led by Ako Shimozato and her helpers. They did a marvelous job of explaining the process and leading 15 participants through the magic of indigo. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye

Here are photos of my work:

a small piece of cotton with running stitch

a light silk (worked in double layer ... with wraps on buttons

Two silk scarves:

1. rolled on a cylinder with string.

2. wrapped on the ends around a pine cone at the ends and a slat of wood in the middle. Note this was crepe silk and took the dye much darker.

I folded the scarf in half and began rolling from the fold ... making the center a little lightr.

This was my last piece ... light silk lining rescued from an old dress. It was done on the diagonal over a water bottle with elastics put on randomly.

I really enjoyed the workshop and the results!
More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye