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  • Video From LIVE FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Scouring + Mordanting 101

    by Amy DuFault on May 15, 2020

    This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring scouring and mordanting. This week Botanical Colors’ Founder Kathy Hattori and our Lead Production Dyer Carrie Gunnersen gave us the 101 on how to get color on our favorite fibers. Here’s the link for the Zoom recording. Kathy and Carrie took us through the […]

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  • Q & A: Round Up of Mordanting + Scouring 101

    by Amy DuFault on May 15, 2020

    In a recent Live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring Mordanting & Scouring 101, Botanical Colors Founder Kathy Hattori took on all your questions. Here’s what you asked, and Kathy’s answers: Scouring Questions If I use untreated and unbleached fabric, is it a must to scour the fabric or is washing it enough? If you mean by “untreated” […]

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  • Quebracho Rojo Extract FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on November 22, 2019

    This week: Quebracho rojo gets the spotlight and microwaving wool?

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  • Botanical Colors Natural Dye Glossary

    by Amy DuFault on November 12, 2019

    There are so many terms and techniques in the natural dye space and unless you work in a natural dye house full-time or have been doing dyeing since time immemorial, you’re not apt to know everything. We created this glossary of terms so that you can look like a plant dye master and a natural […]

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on July 26, 2019

    This week: scouring, reducing, hydrating and are fresh flowers better than dry flowers for natural dyeing?

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on July 5, 2019

    This week: Water-saving tips when mordanting and scouring

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on May 24, 2019

    This week: Brittle fabrics from mordanting and scouring and a how-to on thickening dye extracts to print

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on March 28, 2019

    This week: How to tell if you should scour your garments and do Aquarelle dyes work on cellulose fibers?

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on January 25, 2019

    This week: How do you know when to scour and when dyeing fleece, how can you get a deep green?

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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY: This Week in Natural Dye Questions

    by Amy DuFault on August 10, 2018

    This week: Basically everything you need to know for dyeing silk with cochineal

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