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This week: How to make an indigo iron vat, can dyes expire and washfastness

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This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring Sasha Duerr and her tips on place-based dyeing. Watch the video here: Sasha taught us how to look at place as a treasure trove of color. She also gave some great tips on how to accept color no matter how long it lasts. If […]

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This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY exploring a version of the famous 1-2-3 indigo vat using iron. Watch the recording here: This time around we explored a version of the famous 1-2-3 indigo vat using iron (ferrous sulfate) as our reducing agent. This is a useful vat for achieving darker shades, but […]

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This week, we’ve got video and questions from our second live FEEDBACK FRIDAY on growing dye plants from seed. We also learned how to properly plant all those seeds inside and then outside into prepped beds! Social distance can’t stop us from talking about what we love to do most. Watch the video here: This [...] Continue Reading

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. […]

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This week: Clean dye studios, saturated color and vinegar post-bath for everything?

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This week: Dyeing with fugitive color and pre-making dye extracts for a later date

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This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Painting using the indigo flower pigment and how to strip color from a naturally dyed fiber

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This week on FEEDBACK FRIDAY: How to channel the color of champagne on silk with a natural dye like cutch

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

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