Botanical dyeing

To celebrate the month of March, and the anticipation of Spring, I wanted to share a fun beginner tutorial on floral bundle dyeing you can do in the comforts of your home! In my previous post, I gave some insight as to how to gather and collect flowers and foliage and store them for future dye projects. Let’s use some of those goods as we create a floral dyed kerchief. For this tutorial, you will need: A piece of cotton cloth Soy milk Twine Vinegar Flower petals (I’m using marigolds…

Que tal aproveitar a quarentena para aprender uma atividade que você possa fazer com as próprias mãos? O tema da matéria de hoje é tingimento natural em tecidos, uma técnica poética que explora a riqueza cromática das plantas. Veja a entrevista completa com a Maibe Maroccolo.

Because of how often I use and dye wool, I’m always fascinated by how other people dye their fabric. I knew people used plants, but after doing a little research to try it on my own, I was shocked to see how many different types of plants can be used to basically get every color Read More >>

Easy DIY Iron Mordant Recipe for Natural Dyeing and Eco Printing. Learn how to make a liquid Iron Mordant or Iron Modifier for Plant Dyeing and Eco Dyeing. #dyeing #naturaldye #yarndyeing #fabricdye

These beautiful botanically dyed scarves and textiles by Soil to Studio are inspired by traditional Indian crafts. via wallflower

Naturally dyeing fabrics with Marigold flowers is a beautiful way to bring the magic color of nature to any cloth or silk.

How to turn plants like lavender, nettles, goldenrod, and elderberries into natural dyes for fabrics like cotton, linen plus wool and silk. Use this starter guide to begin creating botanical dyes from your garden.

Let your bundle cool down, preferrabely overnight. The longer you wait, the more time the dye has to penetrate the fibres.

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Eco Printing or Eco Dyeing on Fabric. How to make Eco Prints with leaves on silk chiffon and cotton fabric with an iron modifier.