Not *really* slacking

Busy...there have been parties or people in from out of town every weekend lately. Also the weather is nice (it hasn't hit 80 degrees in almost two weeks) so I'm outside as much as my skin can handle the sunlight.

In between, I'm stitching pieces of ugly fabric with the intent of committing shibori eventually:


The stab-stitching (yes, it's traditionally a running stitch, but I can't do a running stitch with perle cotton) is soothing.

Meanwhile, my roommate licks plastic bags:

Good day to dye.

Ugly fabrics:


Turned into possibly usable fabrics:


And still-ugly fabrics:


They may live to dye another day, but I don't think anything can salvage that top one.

And random acts of shibori: