by freshlyfound | Jan 31, 2017 | art, corporate, decor, DIY, Fabric and textiles, inspiration, paint, wedding
What a wonderful opportunity for free creative expression. A friend asked me to help her create a number of Twist Dyed tablecloths for a function. Neither of us had tried it before. We put in some research, and were delighted with the result. It was a great...
by freshlyfound | Jun 27, 2016 | design projects, paper craft, tutorial, video, wedding
This is a fun and super quick way to give a dinner party a vibrant hand-crafted touch. Quickly dip-dye paper serviettes (or napkins) in diluted food colouring, allow to dry and use! (Pictoral and video Instructions for making the dip dyed serviettes below) Dip dyed...
by freshlyfound | Jul 2, 2015 | crochet, DIY, recycled, tutorial, wedding
These soda vases are a great way to re-cycle glass bottles. They are covered in a simple parcel string crochet. The string can be left plain or dip dyed to create a gradient of colour. (You can create this yourself with the free crochet pattern at the end of the...
by freshlyfound | Mar 5, 2015 | art, DIY, paper craft, printing, tutorial, wedding
I’ve been keen to get into some Japanese Shibori work. So as a very first step in that direction, I decided to make some blue paper plaid ☺ Traditional plaid is a pattern on cloth of stripes with different widths that cross each other to form squares...
by freshlyfound | Nov 14, 2014 | art, Fabric and textiles, recycled, tutorial
The last in a 3-part series of bleaching experiments. This t-shirt was treated in the same way as the previous experiment, but had quite a different result. It reminded me of the Japanese technique of Shibori dyeing. This is how I created a bleach shibori shirt: I...
