This week: mordants mixed with print paste thickeners and what’s up with lac dyes and citric acid?
Feedback Friday
Saxon Blue vs Indigo Lightfastness Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY
This week: Saxon Blue battles Indigo for light and washfastness and tips for getting olive green.
Can Liquid Dyes be used for Bath Products FEEDBACK FRIDAY
Can Liquid Dyes be used for Bath Products
This week: Why your indigo smells weird and can Aquarelle dyes be used in bath and body products?
Starting a Dye Garden Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY
This week: How to start a natural dye garden, where to train in natural dyeing and how to extract color from eucalyptus.
Overdyeing Eco-Prints Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This week: Muting oranges and reds from eco-printing and using three types of logwood for different impacts.
Uneven Madder Dyeing Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY
This week: What kits are good for dyeing vintage linens and can mordanting cause streaking if not done properly?
Indigo Dyeing Wool Questions for FEEDBACK FRIDAY
Each week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community asking simple and complex questions that we thought might be worth sharing. Here are a handful from this week answered by natural dyer in chief, Kathy Hattori, Founder of Botanical Colors. A note from Kathy: I hope you all had a peaceful Thanksgiving holiday with cherished friends and loved ones. I’ve just returned from a 3 week total immersion in India, attending Indigo Sutra in Kolkata and touring textile and weaving centers in West Bengal and central India. My head is still spinning from the beautiful textiles and … Read more