Private Workshop Listing for Mandy Irvine

• Participants: 2

• Location: Sacramento home Studio

• Length: Approx 4 hours

• Time: To be Finalized

  • Starting time can be anytime between 10AM-12PM.

    • Please advise preferred time so we can plan ahead

• Teaching Cost: 175.00 per participant (350.00)

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About the Workshop

Step into the world of indigo and discover the beauty of resist and Shibori dyeing. In this hands-on, beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll explore simple techniques of folding, binding, clamping, and stitching to create striking patterns on cloth. Using a prepared natural indigo vat, we’ll dip our fabrics and watch as they emerge in shades of luminous blue.

No experience is needed — just curiosity and a willingness to play with cloth, thread, and color. Each participant will leave with a collection of indigo-dyed samples (and an optional silk scarf) that carry both the marks of tradition and your own hand.

✨ Perfect for artists, makers, and anyone interested in sustainable, slow craft.

What You’ll Learn

• Brief history & magic of indigo dyeing

• How an indigo vat works (demonstration with a pre-prepared vat)

• Hands-on practice with Shibori and resist techniques:

  • Shibori Stitching (Pick from a selection of techniques to explore)

  • Bound resist (marbles, string, elastic bands)

  • Clamped resist (Itajime) with wood/plexi shapes

  • Simple stitched resist (Ori-Nui) for waves & lines

What You’ll Make

• 2-4 hand-dyed cotton samples (perfect for quilting, patchwork, or framing)

Materials Provided

• 2 to 4 cotton and/or linen squares (12” x 12”).

  • Additional sized pieces available as options

• Materials for creating resists during the workshop

• Optional upgrade: a pre bound silk scarf ready to dip and take home as a wearable piece of art.