Nettle dye fabric

I recently saw this lovely post by Rebecca Desnos on using soya milk with tea dyeing. PAINTING WITH MILK & DYEING WITH TEA The results were so gorgeous I had to give it a go. Rebecca used soya …

This summer I’ve made dyes from a few flowers from my garden. In this blog post, I’ll share my dye notes and colour swatches for three colours of buddleja (butterfly bush), yarrow and goldenrod flowers. I used cellulose fabric for all of the swatches — organic cotton, bamboo viscose and linen. Aluminium dye pots were...

Many of the plants we grow like lavender, nettles, goldenrod, and elderberries can be used as natural dyes for fabrics like cotton, wool, and linen. Use this starter guide to begin creating…

In 2017, Babs Behan joined us at the Fashion and Textile Museum for a workshop teaching the basics of one of the oldest types of printmaking, as part of that year’s Festival of Textiles. The …

NATURAL DYEING | REBECCA DESNOS on Instagram: "Dyeing with nettles 🌿 Maybe a weed to some people, but an incredibly useful herb to the rest of us 😍 Nettles not only make delicious and nourishing tea, but they produce beautiful grey/green shades in the dye pot too. You’ve probably heard me talk about this before, but my number one tip for pretty much all dye plants is to allow them to soak in the dye for longer than you might first think. The colour will continue to change and darken as it…

Rebecca Desnos 🌿 Natural Dyeing on Instagram: "Hammered Leaf Prints 😍🌿 There’s something so rewarding about capturing the delicate details of leaves on fabric 🤗🔨✨ 👉 Comment “ZINE” if you’d like more info about my book, Plant Dye Zine 🍃. It’s full of natural dye techniques for creating vibrant colours and patterns, including this plant pounding method. Some tips to get you started: 📌 Leaves to try: nettle, sage, yarrow, mint, and lemon balm. 📌 Experiment with any soft, fresh…

Hey, fellow plant lover! Welcome to my world of creativity with nature. Would you like to learn to dye with plants? My book Botanical Colour at your Fingertips will guide you step-by-step. I think you’ll love my independent magazine Plant Forage Make. It’s for makers, dreamers, plant lovers.. and especially you!

I have tried fresh nettle leaf before and it did not work for me. When I saw nettle leaf powder I knew I needed to try it!

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Natural dyeing: Nettle

After our first experiment with natural tie-dyeing, back in March (2011) with onion skins/peels, we really want to try again, with another plant. I wanted to try with something that'd grow abundantly here, and seasonal of course. So (wild) fennel came automatically to my mind, because it grows as wild & abundantly here as queen anne's lace in Ontario ! (ah !) You can see here that we have already dyed with fennel (foeniculum vulgare) several times, at different stages of growth, and with…

dyed with stinging nettles / Brennesselfärbung by schoenefarben, via Flickr

Purple Dead Nettle Dye for Wool - Timber Creek Farm

Naturally dyed linen 🌿🍅🌼 Colours from nature always look beautiful together ✨ I’ve had such a lovely time dyeing these linen table… | Instagram

In honor of this year’s first annual Nettle Fest, being held at Lifebridge Foundation in Rosendale, NY this upcoming Saturday May 11th, I spent yesterday enjoying the beautiful sunny weather and dyeing yarn with freshly harvested stinging nettles. Nettle Fest…

Dyeing wool with nettles, natural dye

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