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Tannin Grayscale with Cara Marie Piazza

Tannin Grayscale Online workshop with Cara Piazza Online workshop held on Saturday January 25, 2025 10AM-1PM Pacific / 1 – 4pm Eastern The workshop will be recorded and available for 120 days after purchase. Learn how to create moody gray gradations using our pre-mordanted cotton fabric fat quarters, natural dyes, logwood and a few surprises. Tannins are a bitter and astringent compound found so abundantly in many plants. In food, they serve as the slight pucker in black coffee and tea, and the “oaky” flavor in aged wines. Tannins are used in medicine and for leather tanning. For us, … Read more

Mushroom Flour Sack Towel

Mushroom Flour Sack Towel We love all things mushroom and are very pleased to offer a limited edition screen-printed flour sack towel from June & December, a dynamic nature-based goods company in Michigan, who celebrate all the ways that nature connects us. The towel is 100% natural flour sack cotton, machine washable and soft and absorbent. The charming mushroom print includes all sorts of edible mushrooms. Enjoy in your harvest kitchen, or perfect as a gift. – 25” x 26” towel – 100% natural flour sack cotton – Screen printed with eco-friendly inks – Towel size + colors may vary … Read more

Tannin Rainbow Online workshop with Kathy Hattori

Tannin Rainbow Online workshop with Kathy Hattori Online workshop held on Saturday January 18, 2025 10AM-1PM Pacific The workshop will be recorded and available for 120 days after purchase. Learn how to create striking color gradations using our pre-mordanted cotton fabric fat quarters, natural dyes, indigo and a few surprises. Tannins are a bitter and astringent compound found so abundantly in many plants. In food, they serve as the slight pucker in black coffee and tea, and the “oaky” flavor in aged wines. Tannins are used in medicine and for leather tanning. For us, they are the natural dyer’s not-so-secret-weapon … Read more

Second Series – Naturally Dyed Cotton Fat Quarters

Second Series – Naturally Dyed Cotton Fat Quarters We are pleased to offer a second series of naturally dyed cotton fat quarters from a project we overdyed to make a number of gorgeous colors. This new drop is 100% cotton muslin. All the fabrics are scoured, mordanted and dyed with different natural dye colors. We made a number of natural dye gradations and overdyed some of them with indigo. The result is a beautiful array of distinctive colors perfect for stitching, piecework and patchwork. Each bundle includes 4 fat quarters. Each fat quarter is a generous size: approximately 21×33 inches … Read more

Whole Cochineal Insects

Whole Cochineal Insects 100g of Whole Cochineal Insects will dye about 900 grams (2 pounds) of fiber to a deep red shade. For detailed instructions, please see our page on dyeing with cochineal. Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect that invades the nopal cactus and is about the size of a grain of rice with a silvery purple hue. The best cochineal is dark and full of carminic acid. We obtain only the finest grade cochineal on the market. You will also need a small amount of Cream of Tartar for the extraction process. Cochineal is one of the … Read more

Tannin and alum mordanted fat quarter blanks

Tannin and alum mordanted fat quarter blanks. 10-5-24 Availability: These fat quarters have been so popular, we’re a little behind in our production of them. They are in the mordant process now, and should be ready to ship early next week. Thank you for your patience! Continuing our mordanted materials offerings, we are pleased to offer a fat quarter 4-pack, to inspire you to create incredible color combinations using pre-mordanted, organic cotton fabric. Each bundle includes 4 fat quarters, mordanted with gallo-tannin, sumac, cutch and quebracho and aluminum sulfate. This creates four different color bases for color explorations, and if … Read more

Dyes of the Américas Sampler Kit

Many of the most storied and legendary dyes are native to the Americas and were a prized supply and source for the dye houses of Europe. We’ve created our Dyes of the Américas sampler kit to showcase these beautiful colors. Each dyestuff is native to North, South or Central America and all are used in textile arts today. Indigenous civilizations used many of these dyes long before European conquest. This updated kit contains sample sizes of logwood, cochineal, osage, pericón, and coreopsis along with a brief description of each dyestuff and its origin. The color yield from these dyes are: … Read more

Ground Madder Root

We carry ground madder (Rubia cordifolia), that looks and smells amazing. Quality ground roots make dyeing with this ancient dye easy. You do not need to chop up the soaked roots. To use, just soak and proceed to dyeing. Our ground madder yields a beautiful deep yellow-based red. We like to soak the roots, add fiber and simmer at low temperatures to develop the deep rich color. A small amount of citric acid and calcium carbonate allow you to get the richest shades from our madder roots. 100g of ground madder root will dye 100g (3.5 ounces) of fiber to … Read more

The Studio Formulas Set for The Art and Science of Natural Dyes

A new studio reference tool from Catharine Ellis and Joy Boutrup! This natural-dye-recipe boxed set can be used as a stand-alone resource or as a supplement to The Art and Science of Natural Dyes by Joy Boutrup and Catharine Ellis. Packaged in a high-quality quick-reference box, 84 cards include 36 formulas plus 133 full-color swatch images for exact color comparison. The cards are conveniently organized for ease in the studio. The set includes: The Dyes, Indigo, and Indigo Overdyes, and a complete set of essential formulas for the natural dyer, right at their fingertips. The dyes include two-color mixes and overdyes … Read more

Fustic Powder Extract

We are super excited to offer an alternate version of fustic: fustic powder extract. Fustic (Chlorophora tinctoria or Maclura tinctoria) is a tall tropical hardwood that grows from Mexico to Argentina. Fustic is high in tannic acid, which makes it an ideal cotton dye. In fact, it was used in the military to dye the color khaki during World War I. On cotton, it will dye a clear gold and on silk and wool it will dye gold to brown-gold. Fustic also provides a good base for other colors: indigo overdyed with fustic creates an khaki green; combined with madder and … Read more