Design Study: Ikat

Friday, October 14, 2011


i·kat

  
noun
1.
a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warpyarns (warp ikat),  the weft yarns (weft ikat),  or both(double ikat)  before weaving.
2.
 a fabric made by this method.


Silk Ikat Blouse from Xsilk

Ikat Painting from Lulu and Drew

Ikat Postcards from Chief & Crown 

Ikat Pillow Cover from YiaYias


Ikat Letterpress Cards from Wild Ink Press

5 comments :

Danielle Hardy said...

LOVE the painting!!! it is STUNNING!!

Erin Jane said...

Lovely, thank you for including us!

Chief and Crown

Mary @Delightful Bitefuls said...

LOVE that painting! WOW!!!

Dani K said...

Wonderfully rich picks, thank you for including my shirt in this mix!

Danielle Renee said...

I just found out about ikat fabric this year. Love the effect, and my local fabric store has some wonderful tribal ikat that I had to make some turban headbands out of.