Natural Dyeing

Natural Dyeing Tutorial. Learn how to use red cabbage to obtain beautiful purples, greens and blues with organic cotton yarn.

A small list of the best books and websites for learning how to dye fabric naturally with plant-based materials.

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Six years ago I did two post on how to dye wool yarn with black beans. As I have moved into dyeing cotton fabric I thought I would write a little updated post. You can read here the part 1 and part…

Natural dyeing is an ancient tradition & techniques behind this art hardly vary globally. Read the article to know more about natural dyeing than most people.

Liz Spencer • Natural Dyes & Growing Color on Instagram: "🍁New Tutorial: EcoPrinting with Leaves, Tannin & Rust- A multi-optional Tutorial that will work with any leaf! 🍂This tutorial can be employed at ANY time of the year (🐿️ Especially if you do your good little squirrel work in the autumn & save/press leaves for the winter months), & you can also print with 🍃spring and summer leaves! And in fact many of these leaves I use in the tutorial are saved from throughout the year. 🌳I’ve…

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.

1. Collect your avocado stones and rinse them thoroughly under the tap to wash off any green fleshy bits. I store my stones in the freezer as it keeps them nice and fresh, a fresher plant makes a more vibrant dye!