Plant dyes diy

Learn how to extract dye from acorns, and use it to achieve a beautiful range of natural color, including tans, browns, and blacks!

As a brand dedicated to revitalize the craft of weaving and naturally dyeing, we are invested in learning and teaching the beautiful and ancient art of natural dyeing. Natural dyeing is the practice of using natural ingredients such as plants and food waste to obtain colors to dye fabric with.

How to Dye Fabric Using Plants. A list of 83 plants {and directions!} on how to dye fabric using plants from your garden.

Plant dyeing is my day job but I don’t often get to play with the dyes. This month I decided to shake things up a little and get some time off to just have fun. I got inspired after my last Dyeing with Plants workshop for the year. I saw my students experience modifiers’ magic and I felt an urge to try out some pattern

There are so many wonderful dye plants to forage in fall. Check out this list to keep your dye pot supplied well after the end of summer.

This summer I’ve made dyes from a few flowers from my garden. In this blog post, I’ll share my dye notes and colour swatches for three colours of buddleja (butterfly bush), yarrow and goldenrod flowers. I used cellulose fabric for all of the swatches — organic cotton, bamboo viscose and linen. Aluminium dye pots were...

Natural dyes that don't need mordant. Discover the reason why you can avoid the use of a mordant while using these 5 natural dyes.

Some plants or dye materials contain tannins in high concentrations. In these cases, tannins can act as natural mordants ...

Cotton is more difficult to dye black with plants than wool. It‘s possible but it takes time. Yet, it‘s budget-friendly & sustainable!

In this blog post I’ll share with you my first experiment with fresh leaf indigo dyeing on cellulose fibres. I’m in love with this pretty shade of teal! I didn’t know if it would work on cellulose as I’ve read that it’s best on protein fibres, but I’m thrilled with the results. I’ve been growing...