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No wonder you feel overwhelmed, confused, intimidated, or even disheartened! With that in mind, I've curated my most helpful natural dye resources below to help develop your skills, grow your confidence & fill your life with plant colour!
There’s a lot to absorb when you first learn how to naturally dye, from cleaning your fibre, making your colours stick & figuring out which plants to use.
It is the ancient practice of extracting natural colour from plants, invertebrates, lichens, fungi, or minerals to dye fibre, fabric or textiles naturally.
What Is Natural Dyeing?
What Do I Need To Begin?
You'll need a pot, sodium carbonate (sold as soda ash or washing crystals), a mordant (a magical ingredient that helps the colour fix) something to dye, water, heat & a dye plant.
What Dye Plants Should I Start With?
Start with simple kitchen ingredients, like avocado stones or skins, pomegranate rinds, black tea, coffee, or onion skins. For a straightforward reference to natural colour, take a look at 'The Guide To Natural Colour & Plant Dyes'.
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Have you ever wondered how natural dyeing works or what you need to get started? With just a few basic kitchen tools and some everyday ingredients, you can create a stunning array of natural colours! All you need now is something to dye!
Let's Start With The Basics
What Dye Plants Should I Use?
Start with simple kitchen ingredients, like avocado stones or skins, pomegranate rinds, black tea, coffee, or onion skins. For a beginner's manual to natural colour, take a look at 'The Guide To Natural Colour & Plant Dyes'.
What Do I Need To Begin?
You'll need a pot, sodium carbonate (sold as soda ash or washing crystals), a mordant (a magical ingredient that helps the colour fix) something to dye, water, heat & a dye plant.
It is the ancient practice of extracting natural colour from plants, invertebrates, lichens, fungi, or minerals to dye fibre, fabric or textiles naturally.
What Is Natural Dyeing?
Let's START WITH THE BASICS:
Wash & care for your naturally dyed textiles, garments or fibres.
Step 5:
Once the liquid changes colour, add your fibres & watch them transform!
Step 4:
Place plant material in a pot & add heat.
Step 3:
Soak your fibres in a mordanting solution to help fix or bind the colour.
Step 2:
Clean your textiles to remove any oils, waxes or residue hidden in the fibres.
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The Natural Dye Process
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What Plants Can I Dye With?
Have you ever wondered what colours you can get from plants? Check out some of the dye plants below and see what beautiful shades I got from each one. Visit the blog for details & tutorials.
Want To Learn More?
If you want a practical guide to sources of natural colour & what hues to expect from dye plants, check out my ebook below! It’s packed with information on the best plants to use for your dye experiments.
WHERE TO LOOK FOR NATURAL COLOUR
The Guide To Natural Colour & Plant Dyes
Access 200+ dye plants in this guide to natural colour & plant dyes ebook. A simple & easy manual to the magical world of natural dyes, plant sources and eco-friendly colour. Download your copy & start identifying sources of natural dye around you!
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Need help getting started? Check out these simple natural dye tutorials below and discover how inspiring and satisfying natural dyeing can be!
I'm Kathryn, your dye instructor.
I’ve combined 14+ years of natural dyeing experience with on-going colour research & traditional natural dye techniques to help you achieve great colours, successful results & a rewarding creative practice.
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This one-hour mini-course teaches you how to dye fabric or garments beautiful shades of pink and peach using avocado stones.
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