Botanical Colors

Beyond the Basics of Shibori: Stitched Resist and Indigo

Beyond the Basics of Shibori: Stitched Resist and Indigo June 11-14 at Botanical Colors Studio 503 S Michigan St Ste B Seattle, WA We are delighted to welcome noted shibori artist and designer Debbie Maddy of Tiori Designs for an immersive exploration of sophisticated stitched-resist techniques rarely taught elsewhere. Her thoughtfully layered methods create striking, architectural patterns that will lift your shibori practice into an entirely new realm of nuance and refinement. Debbie has translated her signature shibori motifs into fabric collections for Moda and has traveled widely, studying with master shibori artists in the UK, US, and Japan, generously distilling … Read more

From Plant to Pigment: Cook the Book with Natalie Stopka June 25-28, 2026:

From Plant to Pigment: Cook the Book with Natalie Stopka June 25-28, 2026 10am – 4pm Botanical Colors Studio 503 S Michigan St Ste B Seattle WA 98108 In this four-day workshop, participants will follow along with Natalie to cook their way through her book From Plant to Pigment: How to make your own vibrant inks, pastels and paints, concocting a rainbow of lake pigments from a variety of extraction methods. We’ll also dip into indigo pigments, charcoal, ink, and pastel. Working through the recipes with Natalie’s guidance, we will reveal the operative chemistry of botanical pigments, come to … Read more

Textile Tour to Bali and Sumba, Indonesia

Textile Tour to Bali and Sumba, Indonesia May 14-31, 2026 We are so thrilled to have you join us for a textile adventure in Bali and Sumba, Indonesia! We are offering three travel options for this tour. First is a combined Bali and Sumba tour that runs from May 14-May 31, 2026. We are also offering a Bali only immersion that runs from May 14-May 26. And finally, we are opening up the coveted Sumba adventure that runs from May 25-May 31. One of these options is sure to be an amazing experience! Please visit our tour description page for … Read more

2025 Harvest Box: Dye Flower Sampler

2025 Harvest Box: Dye Flower Sampler Ready to dive into making beautiful colors? We are so proud of our ongoing relationships with U.S. and Central American-based farmers and we’re celebrating them with our new 2025 Harvest BoxFlower Sampler! As we continue to meet farmers interested in regenerative agriculture and growing dyestuffs for us (as well steward healthy soil), we want to share them with you. This year’s summer harvest was excellent and we are providing you with a variety of natural dye flowers and sawdust we think you will love for bundle dyeing and eco-printing. Feast your eyes on the … Read more

The Studio Essentials Bundle

The Studio Essentials Bundle is the perfect gift for the budding dyer in your life by getting them the essentials they need to start their dyeing practice. We have grouped together the essential mordants, extracts and raw dye stuffs to make a whole rainbow of color. AND, we’ve included The Studio Set Formula Set to inspire them with recipes galore! Save 10% when purchasing all of these items together!

Chromatic Transformations Bundle

We have grouped together all of the tools you need to create beautiful surface design patterns with our modifiers! Based on Cara Piazza’s Chromatic Transformations Online Workshop, we’ve paired together the recording of the class along with our naturally dyed tannin fat quarters for you to experiment with making your own unique cosmic patterns.

Dyer’s Polypore Mushrooms

Dyer’s Polypore mushroom (Phaeolus schweinitzii) is one of the most common mushrooms in coniferous forests and is a dramatic, large flat mushroom, sometimes as large across as 12-14 inches. It’s always a thrill to come across one in the forest, as it is so huge, and the promise of all that color is very enticing. It’s a wonderful first mushroom to try as it contains a lot of color, and it’s easy to shift color with an iron mordant. The color yield is a brilliant yellow, shifting to dark olive green with an iron afterbath. Be prepared with a lot … Read more

4 white hemp-cotton napkins folded in a dark wood bowl

Mordanted Hemp-Cotton Napkin Set

Mordanted hemp-cotton napkin set giveaway! Purchase a set of 2 mordanted hemp-cotton napkins and receive a free sample pack of flower confetti to use for bundle dyeing! Each packet contains enough raw dyestuffs to sprinkle over your damp napkins and then roll tightly and steam for 30 minutes! Limited samples available, so don’t delay! Mordanted hemp-cotton napkins are perfect for the holiday table and everyday use. Handwoven from vintage hemp fabric, these are deeply textured, rustic textiles. These beautiful napkins are sturdy, wear well, and get softer and softer. They take color beautifully! Each napkin is fashioned from vintage hemp-cotton … Read more

Pink and purple fabric and dyed mushrooms

Cortinarius Semisanguineus Dye Mushrooms – Limited supply

Cortinarius semisanguineus, also called Surprise Web Cap, is a non-edible dye mushroom that yields a range of oranges and reds on wool mordanted with aluminum potassium sulfate. Cortinarius is part of a globally distributed and huge genus of mushrooms and its semisanguineus name comes from the fact that the red color of the fungus is on its underside. There are over 2000 identified species of Cortinarius. We offer dried Cortinarius semisanguineus caps and stems. These have been responsibly foraged from an experienced collector. Dye mushrooms are often excellent pH indicators, so you can experiment with a little soda ash or … Read more

Lobster Mushrooms – Hypomyces lactifluorum

Lobster Mushrooms – Hypomyces lactifluorum Larger sized bag for 2025! The lobster mushroom is interesting because it is not a mushroom but rather a parasitic fungus that grows on certain species of mushrooms, resulting in a bright orange color. It is an edible mushroom, but our specimens are not to be eaten as we harvested mushrooms that were past their prime and left the perfect ones for another forager’s mushroom risotto. Lobster mushrooms infects a mushroom species, Russula brevipes and causes the outside to turn bright orange-red. The color on wool ranges from a soft peach shade to a deep magenta … Read more