madder root Archives - Botanical Colors

You Asked, Kathy Answered: Using Madder Root In An Indigo Fermentation Vat

We get lots of emails from customers about challenges with dyeing and needing Botanical Colors’ President Kathy Hattori’s help. Why not share the learning so we can all benefit? From our inboxes to you, it’s simple: You Asked, Kathy Answered. Email questions@botanicalcolors with your plea for help! This is the same person asking multiple questions. We thought answering in sequence seemed best. Enjoy! YOU ASKED: I am trying to start up and use an indigo fermentation vat mainly because my materials preference is still silk and the alkalinity of organic vats is too alkaline for silk. I purchased some madder … Read more

FEEDBACK FRIDAY Goes Live March 27th

Join us this week, March 27th, 9am Pacific, for a live FEEDBACK FRIDAY! Let’s social distance ourselves from the realities of what’s outside our homes and talk all things natural dyes. What could be better? If you are not familiar with FEEDBACK FRIDAY, every week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community. Weekly, all of your burning questions are answered by natural dyer in chief, Kathy Hattori, Founder of Botanical Colors. Both Kathy and Amy DuFault, Botanical Colors’ Sustainability and Social Media Director will be on hand to moderate and answer questions this week. Hopefully, the two … Read more

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Too much dye on yarn and which natural dye extracts can be used without mordanting?

madder root in different forms on a pile of deep red fabrics and yarns

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

This week: Liquid dyes for silk flower making and what’s up with those red marks when dyeing with madder?

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

This week: All things related to Aquarelle Madder Root

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

This week: softening fibers post-mordanting and how do you get a deep red with raw madder root?

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

This week: How much of a fresh madder root do you use??

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

This week: Getting madder to be really red on cotton and does madder root go bad?

FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

This week: Coaxing madder root to be more red and more mordanting questions…

EILEEN FISHER & Botanical Colors Launch Botanical Collection

We are so excited to announce our Botanicals Collection with EILEEN FISHER! Check out our indigo, madder root, and ground pomegranate peel on EILEEN FISHER’s organic handkerchief linen here. “Embracing natural dyes means embracing nature-from its unique colorations to all its perfect imperfections. It’s really thrilling to see EILEEN FISHER surge ahead with a beautiful and natural dye offering and to have involved us in this project. We are honored,” says Kathy Hattori, founder of Botanical Colors. As part of EILEEN FISHER’s rigorous Vision 2020, the company is taking on toxic dyes, human rights as well as sustainability in an … Read more