Seven swatches of blue fabric from very pale on the left to dark navy blue on the right

A Deep Dive into the 1-2-3 Indigo Vat

Indigo gradation from Aboubakar Fofana’s workshop on indigo. The vat is a 7gpl fructose vat. Diving into indigo blue We have been working with the 1-2-3 indigo vat for nearly…

Make An Easy, Organic Indigo Vat

…ingredients to create natural colors. One of the things that he demonstrated to us was to be fearless about the indigo fermentation vat. What a gift! For me, the indigo

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Indigo Painting + Indigo Vats

This week: Indigo painting and temperamental indigo vats Every week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community that are worth sharing. Of course, all of your burning…

You Asked, Kathy Answered: Let’s Talk Indigo

…to get a true blue indigo shade by using Indigofera tinctoria, but they normally don’t involve a Japanese indigo patch. There are many indigo sellers, including ourselves, who sell indigofera…