Ikats

Mu Raspberry

Stripes Sunburst

Mu Saffron

Stripes Celery

Mu Blue

Stripes Iris

Ikat is a way of creating pattern with dyes in textiles before the fabric is woven. It is an ancient technique that was discovered and practiced around the world.  It is done when you are making the warp and the weft by binding sections of the yarns with rafia to block out or resist the dye when it is soaked in the dye bath.

It is different from tie and dye we see on t-shirts because that is done after the textile is woven and the garment sewn.

Both techniques of tie and dye create beautiful patterns and can make wonderful play of color.

Madeline Weinrib atelier has created from this ancient technique of pattern making a collection of fabrics, rugs and pillow covers with astonishing vibrant colors and patterns. They are simple, graphic and bold, modern and colorful. They would be a welcome splash of color to many modern interiors of whites and taupes. But imagine how beautiful they would be as curtains or blinds against a fashionable charcoal wall.

Take a moment to enjoy the colors and patterns on her website http://www.madelineweinrib.com. The fabrics and rugs are available at ABC Carpet and Home and in Harrods in London.

Violet

I asked on Facebook this week what is your favorite color. I had a rainbow of replies. What is my favorite color? I am always stuck for an answer, ( I can hear my Dad say that about challenged people) so I often answer with a question, "what is your favorite song?" However, I can't say I have a favorite color, I love them all. But I love them when the are used with sensitivity and care to the relationship of the other colors around it.

Violet or purple which is the correct name for this color that is not blue and not red, Newton listed it violet when he published his notes On Colour, violet is the shortest wave on the visible spectrum.

That makes it relaxing and calm. I so often associate it with bedrooms, my sister had a purple bedroom when we were growing up in Florida, a good color there, to a project in the Upper East Side recently where the bedroom was covered in a light violet grass cloth with a white tufted headboard, it was very pretty.

So bedrooms, violet bedrooms, thinking of violet bedrooms in the past couple of days I saw many images of wonderful, dreamy beds:

Very soft a lavender violet for an elegant French bed.

I like the contrast of the elaborate carved bedhead and the simple violet squares on the pillows and duvet cover, it creates balance.

wow..... pleasant dreams.... Patterns in violets: