History and practical use of natural dye pastes for modern textile printing.
Eco Printing or Eco Dyeing on Fabric. How to make Eco Prints with leaves on silk chiffon and cotton fabric with an iron modifier.
Natural print made with eucalyptus leaves
In my personal botany studies I've been thinking a lot about my own connection with plants in my environment. Fortunately our yard has a diverse range of foliage thanks to the garden loving lady that once owned the house we're renting and I've had a lot of good things to study right outside my door.…
I've recently become quite fascinated with natural dyes and eco printing. It is amazing what you can use to dye fabric or yarn... food remains like onion skins and avocado pits or flowers and leaves create a variety of colours and sometimes pattern too. There are several different methods which can give different results depending…
Welcome to a new series on this blog, called This Vs That, where we’ll compare 2 different aspects of natural dyeing. I’ll be writing about topics like wool versus cotton, fabric versus…
Difficulty: Medium tools • Carved design on linoblock • lino ink • Press (or hand burnishing) • Roller • Paper
We are in the middle of a pretty intense heat wave over here in the Midwest, and boy is ever it hot hot hot. The humidity level reached the point of unbearable since this past week and that means our outdoor adventuring has sort of come to a halt until things cool off a bit. That being…
Update - March 2024 - If you are reading this post then a very warm welcome to my blog! This was written over three years ago now and I'm continuing to study eco printing and discovering so many new methods and techniques. If you are interested in keeping up with my current creative explorations I…
In this dyeing workshop Sharon ill show students a one-step process for achieving botanical prints plus colors. Students in this in-depth workshop will leave with loads of knowledge on how to repeat the process on their own at home.
Eco dyed natural fibre cushion covers_ | Cushion Covers
We have been busy expanding our colour palette using only natural plant and mineral dyes. We have added indigo blue to our colours and h...
Have fun colouring your own materials and threads for your embroidery and textile projects with this easy to do solar dye jar project. Add in some easy to fi...
Why stop at one print if you can get much more interest by printing again!? Amazing reactions create unique details with this multiple Eco Print Effects.
Eco Printing with a Carrier Blanket 🌿 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m1mPeGaDPsw&t=137s This is one of my favorite eco printing techniques to use. It’s a simple way to add a pop of color to the background of a print. The carrier blanket is a piece of cloth that is soaked in dye, wrung out, and placed on top of the flowers or leaves being used for printing. Here are some tips for using a carrier blanket: - The cloth used should be unmordanted • - The cloth should soak in dye until saturated then wrung out well • - Old bed sheets & cotton flannel make excellent blankets - For best results, use deep colored dyes on carrier blankets In this video I use a madder carrier blanket and coreopsis flowers. My target fabric is bamboo silk that was pretreated in soy milk. I actually ran o
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Sadly, not all crafting ideas result in something stunning every single time.
Printing with leaves, flowers, and other found objects allows you to create decorative patterns and works of art that capture the beauty of nature.
In this video I share how I naturally dyed a place mat with pressed flowers and then sewed it into a pouch. Check out my instagram for more natural dye tutorials like this 🌸
