Last week I met up with a friend. She’s done a little bit of plant dyeing over the years and asked how I get my colours so saturated. These are my top tips that I gave her, and I thought I’d share with you too! These tips pretty much form the basis of my...
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...
Osage Orange is one of my favorite dye sources for creating a range of golden yellows, metallic and russet golds, as well as soft mossy greens. In this post I demonstrate how using mordants can be used as a color changer, brighting or darkening protein or cellulose fibers, creating beautiful shifts in color.
Today I have a guest post for you written by Jule Kebelmann from Hey Mama Wolf. Jule shows us how to extract dye from plants and create a lake pigment, then use it to make our own paint. Use the paint on paper or to decorate walls. This is a beautiful way to bring the...
It’s spring in the UK and I’ve been dyeing with one of my favourite local dye plants: hawthorn. With a lot of patience and little help from some baking soda, the colour deepened to a dark rose. The gradual pH shift and oxidiation of the dye is always mesmerising! Many dye plants are pH sensitive...
Last week I met up with a friend. She’s done a little bit of plant dyeing over the years and asked how I get my colours so saturated. These are my top tips that I gave her, and I thought I’d share with you too! These tips pretty much form the basis of my...
Last week I met up with a friend. She’s done a little bit of plant dyeing over the years and asked how I get my colours so saturated. These are my top tips that I gave her, and I thought I’d share with you too! These tips pretty much form the basis of my...
The rolling pin is a lot more versatile than it lets you know at first. You can use in more than one way and not just for making delicious cookies and
Last week I met up with a friend. She’s done a little bit of plant dyeing over the years and asked how I get my colours so saturated. These are my top tips that I gave her, and I thought I’d share with you too! These tips pretty much form the basis of my...
Learn how to use your food waste of avocado skins and pits to make a natural dye of beautiful pink shades!
The rolling pin is a lot more versatile than it lets you know at first. You can use in more than one way and not just for making delicious cookies and
The rolling pin is a lot more versatile than it lets you know at first. You can use in more than one way and not just for making delicious cookies and
