Ombre Itajime, how to...

 

Diving back in here...

I was asked if I could give a better description of the process I used to create this design 

Its been a long time since then! I won't be getting into the specifics of the dye process, 

this is just a brief how-to for the folding/clamping. 

Supplies: fabric, clamps, containers, & dyes

start by pleating the fabric into a long rectangle

Next fold the long rectangle in pleats of diminishing length while matching the bottom edges of the pleats

Clamp the pleats together,

submerge the bottom (matched pleat ) edge into a container of dye 

and allow to sit undisturbed for 1-2 days

And this was my result, I used a different color of dye for the experiment 

and got a very different effect from the first piece  but the folded form is the same