Natural Dye Techniques

Specific techniques for dyeing with plants
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Printing and painting with natural dye extracts - Jenny Dean's Wild Colour
As part of the one-year natural dyeing course at Ditchling Museum I taught an experimental session on using natural dye extracts for fabric printing and painting. This is not an area in which I claim to have much expertise, so I was interested to see what my students would be able to achieve. The following …
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Mordanting
Mordanting fabric with plain soy milk [one part to five parts water] and 1/4 cup baking soda to one liter of water. Dip and dry several times in each mordant. Time consuming but not using chemicals. | Cassandra Tondro Green Art Blog
an image of natural dyeing create custom - dyed fabrics at home using avocados, onions and black beans
Natural Dyeing
Natural Dyeing | Seamwork Magazine.... Simple techniques with black bean, avocado, onion skin.
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“Natural dyeing with red sorrel - such a strong dye! The top silk/cotton cloth shows direct application and the bottom scarf shows 10 minutes boiling. Who…”
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lots of dyeing
Natural dye with avocado pits, broom, maple leaves
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Experiments in Colour: DIY Plant Dyes - Milkwood: permaculture courses, skills + stories
Purple,carrots!
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Experiments in Colour: DIY Plant Dyes - Milkwood: permaculture courses, skills + stories
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Experiments in Colour: DIY Plant Dyes - Milkwood: permaculture courses, skills + stories
Milkwood, making natural plant dyes
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Natural Dye Made With Plant-Powerful Goodies - YumUniverse
Plant dyes from around the home, good info
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Dandelion Dye Lab — Drift Lab Dye Studio
Dandelion roots (magenta) and flowers as a natural dye
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Natural Yarn Dyeing with Black Beans - FiberArtsy.com
Natural Dyeing with Black Beans, Dye your yarn or fiber naturally with black beans. A free step by step dyeing tutorial from FiberArtsy.com
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got it!
Dying with red cabbage. Ammonia turns the colour to blue and a sprinkle of alum will turn back to purple. Lisa Jordan, Mn, USA
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Black Bean Dyeing Pt. 2
After the beans have soaked for 48 hours I carefully ladled the water off, careful not to stir up the pot too much. The proteins and d...
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Zen Cat Art
// Avocado ~ Boil the skins and pit and soak cloth overnight ~ turns white fabric pink.