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.

Did you know you can make beautifil patterns on fabric using plant dyes? Natural dyeing doesn’t have to mean plain colors. You can use modifiers to make patterns, both by darkening and by bleaching the colors. My blog post will help you understand how it works. #naturaldyes #naturaldyeing #textiledesign #textileartist #diyideas

Fall is perhaps the most bountiful time of year for gathering dye stuffs. Some of my favorite dye plants mature to the right stage in the autumn, so it's a fun time of year to be a natural dyer. If it's a also a really busy season, it's great to know that MANY of these dye plants can actually be frozen or dried to work with during the quieter winter months. Here's a list of my favorite autumn dye plants, that I look for in my yard and on my woodland walks, each fall. #dyeingwithplantsdiy

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.

Tannins as Natural Mordants - Rosemary And Pines Fiber Arts

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...