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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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  • 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 February 1, 2019

    This week: Fumes from dyeing inside your home and shifting cochineal

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on May 5, 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: After using the 1-2-3 indigo dye vat, do you need to mordant […]

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on April 28, 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: My indigo stock solution isn’t changing color? What should I do? If […]

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