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  • Seven swatches of blue fabric from very pale on the left to dark navy blue on the right A Deep Dive into the 1-2-3 Indigo Vat

    by Kathy Hattori on November 18, 2020

    Indigo gradation from Aboubakar Fofana’s workshop on indigo.  The vat is a 7gpl fructose vat. Diving into indigo blue We have been working with the 1-2-3 indigo vat for nearly 10 years and over time made some adjustments to the original recipe from Michel Garcia. Here we share a recent experiment where we set up […]

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  • Seven swatches of blue fabric from very pale on the left to dark navy blue on the right How to Make a 1-2-3 Fructose Indigo Vat

    on November 18, 2020

    The Fructose Vat The fructose 1-2-3 vat is one of the easiest indigo vats to set up and gives good color. I’ve found that it benefits from a few days aging to really develop a consistent and beautiful blue. A fructose vat will give you a clear blue color and is a good choice if […]

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Indigo Painting + Indigo Vats

    by Amy DuFault on March 5, 2020

    This week: Indigo painting and temperamental indigo vats

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on July 12, 2019

    This week: Great tips for the famous Michel Garcia 1-2-3 indigo vat!

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on June 14, 2019

    This week: Dye ratios to water, re-mordanting something already mordanted and blue yogurt??

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on April 26, 2019

    This week: Getting that indigo vat to work

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on December 21, 2018

    This week: What’s the difference between our logwood extracts and how can you piece together an indigo vat in Peru without all the tools at your fingertips? (This answer is cool.)

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on May 25, 2018

    This week: A newcomer to natural dyeing tackles her indigo vat and has lots of questions…

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on August 11, 2017

    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: 1. When scouring fabrics, is it ok to use a washing machine […]

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on May 12, 2017
    Saxon Blue yarn 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: I am looking to purchase Saxon Blue to use [...] Continue Reading
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