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Recording: Foundation Course in Natural Dyes With Kathy Hattori

Recording: Foundation Course in Natural Dyes with Kathy Hattori Download link is added to your Botanical Colors account dashboard upon purchase. Please check under Downloads on your dashboard for access. If any questions, please email [email protected] We invite you to join us for one of our most exciting classes: A Foundation Course in Natural Dyes. One of the greatest pleasures in exploring natural dyes are the endless possibilities of creating color with plants and flowers. If you’ve been bitten by the natural dye bug, natural dyes will just become a lifetime of learning for you. But first, you need a … Read more

50% OFF!!! Cara Marie Piazza Online Class Bundle – Cosmic Nebula, Gravity Ice Dyeing & Back to Black

Cara Marie Piazza – Online Class Bundle It’s hot, you want cool and beautiful projects. We got you covered. This summer, we are discounting our best-selling Cara Marie Piazza workshops. Purchase all three and get half off. These are great workshops to learn a variety of surface dye techniques for your summer dye parties and creative projects. By purchasing the workshop bundle you will receive THREE PDF downloads with Vimeo links and 90-day access to each workshop. We are working on some special new classes behind the scenes, so this offer will only be available for a limited time! The … Read more

Marigold Mix

We are especially pleased at how well marigold mix dyes cellulose fibers. So it’s a great way to create that sunny yellow on cotton and linen. (Kamala extract works best with animal fibers and silk.) For details on how to use marigold mix, please see our page on natural dye extracts. Marigolds are native to Central America but are used as temple flowers in India and used lavishly during the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) when Mexican families celebrate their departed loved ones. Elaborate altars and memorials are festooned with flowers, special sweets and remembrances of family … Read more

The Botanical Colors Beginner’s Dye Kit

The Beginner’s Dye Kit Discovering the world of natural dyes for the first time is one of those seismic psychic shifts where suddenly everything is a potential dyestuff. That red that came from your farmer’s market amaranth flowers, the seed from your avocado toast that friends say “gives the most amazing dusty rose”, the flowers dropping onto the streets and sidewalks leaving stains of red, purple and yellow…the possibilities are endless. Your mind is zinging and you wonder if that color could change the color of your clothing, but how to begin experimenting? The Beginner’s Dye Kit is a curated … 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

Sumac Powder

Sumac Powder (Rhus coriaria) is a traditional tannin for pretreating cottons. The tannin is derived mainly from the bark of the tree, but all parts contain tannin and may be used. Sumac is from the Rhus genus and its scientific name is Rhus coriaria. It’s native to southern Europe and western Asia where it is commonly known as Tanner’s Sumac or Sicilian Sumac. We are fortunate to have number of North American native sumacs including Rhus glaubra, sometimes called Smooth Sumac, and Rhus typhina or Staghorn Sumac, known for its dramatic bright red berry clusters. The staghorn berries were used … Read more

Yamamomo Japanese dye

Yamamomo (Japanese or Chinese bayberry) Morella rubra or Myrica rubra Yamamomo is a subtropical, broadleaf evergreen fruit tree used for making jam, fruit wine and vinegar. It is also a medicinal source and anti-inflammatory in traditional Asian medicine. Its medicinal uses include treatment for inflammation, asthma and other health conditions. The bark and leaves are used for their antiviral, antioxidant and antibacterial properties. The branches are chipped to create the dye, which creates a warm yellow-green shade and is stunning on silk. On cotton, the color is a slightly bronze-yellow. The cotton samples were overdyed with a 1-2-3 henna vat … Read more

The Easy 1-2-3 Fructose Indigo Kit

The 1-2-3 fructose indigo vat is one of our most popular vats for its ease of use and good, strong colors. We made things easy to start your new indigo adventure with this kit that has enough pre-measured indigo and auxiliaries to make a rich vat in a 5-gallon bucket. We’re also including 4 linen blend cocktail napkins that you can dip and make a set of pretty napkins or just use them to show gradations of indigo. The bundle is packaged in an organic cotton bag, that can also be dyed! Experiment with gradation dyeing, shibori, or get into … 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

Organic Soybeans

Organic whole soybeans are used to make soy milk for applying ochres and pigments to cloth. For complete instructions on the traditional Japanese method of using soy milk, check out John Marshall’s website page on soymilk and instructions are also included in his book: Singing the Blues. Instructions are on page 80. Learn more about John Marshall in his FEEDBACK FRIDAY video. From our Feedback Friday series: I am trying to paint cotton fabric with the indigo dye ink I purchased. I thickened with Gum Arabica and all looked great, but it washed out after drying. Then, I tried spreading soy milk first, … Read more