I have really been enjoying taking a bunch of fabric dyeing classes this year. Recently I dyed a linen table runner with (pre-reduced) indigo using shibori. It became the main fabric used in my new
Super Tote by
Anna Graham (whom I met at Quilt Market in Minneapolis in May!). Until now I had only made her
Open Wide Zippered Pouch (see
here and
here), but I always wanted to use more of her patterns... have you seen
her new book yet?
I love how my Super Tote turned out!
The straps are chambray otherwise all of the fabrics I dyed in classes that I took this year.
The linen table runner was approximately 17 inches by 63 inches and it was just enough for the main pieces of the tote. Only a couple of narrow strips of fabric remain from it. At the class I also dyed a couple of skirts, here you can see the result of a white Oliver + S Lazy Days Skirt that I wrapped with six rubber bands.
This light blue chambray skirt is an
Oliver + S Lazy Days Skirt with hem tucks that I sewed over the summer. I think it was only the second time my daughter was wearing it that she got red popsicle stains on it.
So I threw the skirt into the indigo vat and this is how it turned out!
I loved how the skirts came out, so much so that I decided to take them apart and use the fabrics for my tote. I can always sew more skirts for my girl. I love the effect of the hem tucks and decided they would make great visual interest for the sides of the tote.
Here is the before of the white Lazy Days Skirt. I made it over a year ago, one of those last minute projects. It was for an angel costume and got worn a few times, but it served it's purpose and I found it to be quite boring. So into the indigo vat it went to add some pizzazz.
Once the white skirt was wrapped with six rubber bands and dyed, this is how it looked after I disassembled it. Most of the lining of my tote came from this fabric.
So there you have it! A tote full of memories of my sewing and fabric dyeing adventures.
Project details
Pattern: Super Tote
Fabrics: A bunch of fabrics (linen, cotton, chambray) I had fun dyeing in classes I took this year, the straps are chambray
I also recently made the
Liesl + Co. Woodland Stroll Cape that I'm wearing, you can read more about it on the
Oliver + S blog.
