This week: Substantive dyes and checking the pH of your vat
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FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions
This week: Interesting questions on pre and post-treatments for color and lightfastness
FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions
This week: Storing indigo from the colder weather, getting grays on protein fibers and indigo soap making
FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions
This week: Pungent wool and husbands, and ratios of extract to fabric.
FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions
This week: Why you can’t get a deep blue and color shifting madder to be more red
FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions
This week: Coaxing madder root to be more red and more mordanting questions…
Unity Outfitters Creates Naturally Dyed Intimate Apparel
Unity Outfitters was founded by Katina Gad based on the belief that what we put on our bodies matters as much as what we put in our bodies. With a recent collection launched on Kickstarter using Botanical Colors’ dyes, Gad is looking for support to produce her bras, bralettes, panties, and slip dresses that are all made in the USA by women. The entire collection is size inclusive, ranging from a size XS up to a XXXL, and their underwire bras range from cup size 30A to 45J. Pushing the boundaries of sustainability in a few directions, Gad’s collection has … Read more
FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions
This week: Darkening walnut with iron and insects used to dye fabrics
FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions
This week: Info to make a dried indigo leaf vat and wait, can you use indigo for hair and soaps??
Field Wonderful’s Allison Lutes Trys Fresh Indigo Leaf Dyeing
You never know what people can and will do with the recipes and dyes we have for sale on the Botanical Colors site. When we saw what Allison Lutes (@fieldwonderful on Instagram), did with John Marshall’s “How To Dye With Fresh Indigo”all we wanted to do was dye for days.