Tie-Dye Skirt

Hello World!

Today I'll share with you how I made a Tie-dyed full skirt.


First off, I made a sketch of how I wanted the pattern of the tie-dye.
I drew a sketch of only one part of the skirt, since the other is to be exactly the same.

 

I made a pattern and cut it. 

The lower edge of the skirt is stitched as a rolled hem and the waist and backseam is stitched with an overlocker 

The individual sections are folded and pressed with a steamiron. 

When the sections are pressed and folded, they need to be stitched with overcast stitches, in a heavy-duty thread. If possible fold the folds once more, and make the stiches as tight as possible. 

For the actual dying I'm not going to go into details. I used Procion dyed, but there are so many different products, so If you want to try tie-dying yourself, find whatever is avaiable to you. 

Rinsing the dye from the fabric is a very long process and takes a lot of water. And patience. 

When you have rinsed most of the dye from the fabric, slit open the stitching, and it will be revealed if you have been succesful. 

From here on it will take some time to rinse out the last of the dye and remove all the cut thread. while rinsing I used some drops of Reductol to help set the dye even firmer into the fabric. Now let the fabric dry. 

Here you see the (almost) finished skirt. It needs a waistband, to really finish it off, but at this point I am satisfied with the result. 

Thank you for reading! 

~ Line 

Draping the Ruffles

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This week I have dvelved back into the art of draping textiles, manipulating simple pieces of fabric into eleborate designs. I've always had a kind of Love/Hate relationship with frilly ruffled dresses, meaning, that I think they look cute and pretty, but I've never had the courage to try sewing anything frilly, myself.

So for this lesson I gave myself a challenge: Make LOTS of ruffles!

First I started with a Victorian-esque skirt, with three layers. This ruffle was made with the tacking thread running near to the fabrics edge.

Moving on I tried making a sleeve. This ruffle was made with the tacking thread running in the middle of the fabric. When using tacking thread for ruffles I have learned the ruffles turn out more even, if you make two seperate seams right next to eachother. 

After these two experiments, I moved right along to combining the two in a high-falutin puffy sleeve, with four layers. First layers was a simple ruffle layer with the tacking thread running along the edge, and the second layer was the ruffle with the tacking thread running through the center as you can see in picture 1. In picture two you can see how the second layer helps to lift the upper layers of the sleeve, this is alltogether visible in picture 3 and 4. 

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3

      

Picture 4

I made two of these sleeves, and added a little "bondage-y" top- straps. 

Inbetween ruffling fabrics, I also had a go at draping a skirt with the "Waterfall"-techninque. This you can see in the two deep swoops on the front of the skirt below. Also I made a little detail in the front center  of the skirt, known as a box-pleat.

   

I have had so much fun freestyling and draping away, and as I continue my lessons, I hope to have more blogmaterial soon.


- Have a Lovely day!

Line

New Year - New DIY!

This last year has been one of my most productive, so far. I am currently on my second year of my bachelors-degree in Textiles, Handicraft and Communication , and every new project eats the old ones.

Currently I'm working on a project having nothing to do with textiles, and everything to do with my love for DIY and upcycling.

Upcycled Bottlecap-magnets. 

I had the good fortune of remembering my dads old stash of old bottlecaps, which he graciously gave me permission to raid indefinitely. 

I will be selling these magnets at different markets, and if anyone are interested in purchasing a packet directly from me, i can be reached at:

Linekortsen@gmail.com

These magnets are sold in:

Packets of 5 different caps - at a set pice of 35 DKK

An old bottlecap from the danish fizzy drink-company Frem, with a picture of the iconic cathedral from Ribe (Danish city)

I'm looking forward to a new year, with new challenges, more experiences and lots and lots of textiles!