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Botanical Colors Gift Card

This is a virtual product. We do not mail out a physical card. Please enter the email address of the person who you wish to gift and they will receive an email with a coupon code to use for purchases on our website. Consider a Botanical Colors Gift Card if you’re not sure what to get the loved one on your list. Introduce them to new worlds of natural color and dyes! We have gifts for textile lovers, natural dye aficionados and even those makers that simply want to try their hand at natural dyeing for the first time. A … Read more

SOLD OUT Conjuring Color Blends With Kathy Hattori in New Hampshire!

Sign up for this class is on the Sanborn Mills Farm website. $700, Aug 21, 2024 – August 25, 2024 (9am – 5pm) Conjuring Color Blends With Kathy Hattori at Sanborn Mills Farm in New Hampshire is a course on how to blend colors using natural dyes in unexpected combinations to create beautiful results. The palette will be developed on natural fabrics including hemp, cotton, silk and wool, with an emphasis on cellulose fibers. We will work with natural dyes in raw, concentrated extract and liquid form, different mineral salts and indigo. Pre- and post-dips in iron, pH color changes … Read more

Fern Herbarium Journal by June & December

We are excited to present a new product line that is perfect for the gardener, journal keeper, and flower-printer from June & December, a nature-inspired design studio based in Michigan. We know we have a lot of gardeners, bundle dyers and eco-printers in our community, so we wanted to equip you with beautiful and useful tools you need for this gardening season. Inspired by Italian botanical garden herbariums (a collection of dried plant specimens preserved to observe, understand and study), June & December designed their linen-covered Herbarium Botanical Specimen Collecting Journal to hold personal collections of pressed specimens as a … Read more

The Art and Science of Natural Dyes: Principles, Experiments, and Results

From the publisher, Schiffer Books: The Art and Science of Natural Dyes: Principles, Experiments, and Results is a comprehensive guide that explains the general principles of natural dyeing to help dyers become more accomplished at their craft. More than 450 samples illustrate the results of actual dye tests along with detailed information. The book covers every aspect of natural dyeing including mordants, dyes, printing, indigo, and finishing. Special techniques of printing and discharging indigo are featured as well. The book is intended for dyers and printers who wish to understand the “why” and the “how,” while ensuring safe and sustainable … Read more

Dokkoppi Japanese dye

Dokkopi (Sawtooth oak bark and acorn caps) Quercus acutissima Dokkopi is a tannin-rich dye made from sawtooth oak bark and acorn caps. This oak tree is closely related to the Turkey oak and is sometimes called the Japanese Silkworm Oak as it is the host plant for the Japanese oak silkworm. Like many tannin dyes, dokkoppi is a warm brown when dyed alone but will also make a rich dark shade when it is dyed with iron. Dokkopi may be used until no color is left to extract from them, or they are a soft neutral color for bundle dyeing. … Read more

Buckthorn Berry Extract

Buckthorn (Rhamnus saxatilis) is also known as Persian Berry. This is a strong, warm yellow dye extract that combines well with other dyes to create gold, green and orange. We use buckthorn extract at 5% wof for wool and cotton and got very rich shades, and you can increase the amount of dye up to 10% for a more brilliant shade. Both animal and plant fibers take the dye well and buckthorn also shifts to a rich olive shade when iron (ferrous sulfate) is used at 1% wof as a post bath. Use up the exhaust dye bath with other mordanted … Read more

Chestnut Extract

Chestnut (Castanea sativa) is a tree native to Southern Europe. People used it historically for tanning leather in Europe and North America. On fibers, chestnut extract yields a soft yellow which is excellent for combining with other colors. In addition, it is great for overdyeing with indigo for a rich teal. The chestnut color yields a warm gray shade with the addition of iron. It is one of those subtle, aromatic dyes that combines with other colors to add an intriguing “pop” to your color palette. 100g of chestnut extract will dye approximately 400g (12 oz) of fiber to a … Read more

The Mushroom Color Atlas Book by Julie Beeler

9/25/24 – Julie will be in Seattle for a book signing on 9/27/24 from 4-6PM and will have copies of her book available! Please join us if you can. We also added a few volumes back into inventory that we received from the publisher and will have the bulk of our order in October. Thank you! Illustrated by Yuli Gates. Equal parts art book, field guide, and color distillation workshop, The Mushroom Color Atlas is a timeless reference that will be used in the studios of artists and designers for years to come. Consider it your invitation to share in … Read more

five silver dye rings on a tan fabric background

Yarn Dye Rings

Sold in sets of 5 rings. Our 7 inch dye rings are a secret weapon for dyers who want to keep their skeins as organized as possible when yarn processing. These handy 7″ dye rings are perfect for holding skeins, wet or dry, for dyeing or for display. They are ideal for organizing yarn for mordanting and dyeing to avoid tangles and all that fussing that we do trying to make the dyed skein look nice again. The rings are 7 inches in diameter with a self hook closure and are made of aluminum. Each ring will accommodate about 200 … Read more

Osage Orange Sawdust

Osage orange (Maclura pomifora) is native to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas but has naturalized throughout many other states. It has a yellow heartwood sometimes streaked with red that makes a bright and lightfast yellow dye. Osage was one of the dyes used to make khaki colored uniforms during the first World War. In addition, it was also used as windbreaks called shelterbelts that held down the soil during the great Dust Bowl of the 1920s and 30s. Osage orange trees made natural fence posts in the Great Plains region of the US. It is also planted to prevent soil erosion. … Read more