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Malvar=Stewart Fuses Natural Dyes with Local Sound

Celeste Malvar-Stewart recently wrote to us: “I have to share this image with you because I am so excited to be able to use the dyestuff I’ve gotten from you for my special collection! I am collaborating with a local musician here in Columbus on the Local Sound Project…my eco couture collection of 8 hand felted and naturally dyed (all with your dyes) pieces that translate the musician’s sound waves from his 8 songs onto each piece. His music incorporates sounds from around the city and local vocalists our runway show at the Fashion Meets Music Festival will feature the … Read more

An Interview With Textile and Shibori Guru Joan Morris

Internationally acclaimed textile and shibori guru Joan Morris last visited us in 2015 and we are pleased to welcome her back to teach with Botanical Colors this July. Shaped-resist dyeing is an elemental textile art that is thousands of years old. In Japan it’s known as shibori, but it has been made worldwide for almost as long as dyes have been applied to textiles. Joan’s history with natural dyeing and textiles is extensive so we are lucky to catch her for an interview. Here’s what she had to say about the history of shibori, popular techniques and the best advice … Read more

Tips For Pokeberry Dyeing on Wool

We’re pretty obsessed with pokeberry dyeing right now for dyeing wool, making ink and just squishing them up and dropping them on paper. They are SO intense and exciting to use. I visited Japanese textile artist and katazome instructor John Marshall in his studio in Covelo, Mendocino County and was surprised to see that his entire front yard was covered in pokeberry bushes. Although pokeberries are native to most of the the United States, I had never even heard of them and was browsing through Rebecca Burgess’ book Harvesting Color on natural dyes when I spotted a beautiful red skein … Read more

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

This week: Tips for keeping yarn soft when dyeing with madder and the eternal question of how to keep yarn untangled when in process.

You Asked, Kathy Answered: Scaling Weld Flowers Vs. Extract

We get lots of emails from customers about challenges with dyeing and needing Botanical Colors’ President Kathy Hattori’s help. Why not share the learning so we can all benefit? From our inboxes to you, it’s simple: You Asked, Kathy Answered. Email [email protected] with your plea for help! YOU ASKED: I would like to dye some of the beautiful hemp I have from Botanical Colors in shades of green using weld and logwood. I see the only weld you are currently offering is in natural flower form and not an extract. That’s great, my extract has turned to rock, so flowers … Read more

You Asked, Kathy Answered: Cellulose Scouring Options

We get lots of emails from customers about challenges with dyeing and needing Botanical Colors’ President Kathy Hattori’s help. Why not share the learning so we can all benefit? From our inboxes to you, it’s simple: You Asked, Kathy Answered. Email [email protected] with your plea for help! YOU ASKED: I recently discovered your product Cellulose Scour, and am wondering what the ingredients in it are? I also noticed you mention Synthropal on your How To Scour page re: cellulose. I’m wondering what your thoughts and feelings are on this product. It appears that the state of California claims it’s cancer … Read more

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

Looking Back To Look Forward Botanical Colors 2023 Report

I can’t believe it’s the end of 2023. No really, how did we get here?? It seems a blur, a really exciting but challenging-paced year chock full of the ups and downs of a small business. And we are a small business! Many of you think we are a huge company, but did you know our incredible team is 8 employees strong? We pull off big things and work hard but there’s one thing we couldn’t do without. You. For our 2023 look back to look forward, we wanted to tell you how much we grew because of all of … Read more