Slow Stitching with Natural Dyes: Beautiful Indigo Part 1.
A New Ambitious Slow Stitch Project starting with Indigo!
Producing a Great Natural Red Dye from Madder.
Naturally dyeing with Madder has been done for centuries. With a wealth of colours available it is time to look at red.
Dyeing with Yerba Mate: A fantastic tea to dye with.
Dyeing with Yerba Mate can not only give you some great results but is also great to drink!
Slow stitching with Indigo: The Blue of the natural world.
Use the beautiful blue that nature provides for your own indigo slow stitch project.
12 Months of Natural Dyeing
A list of the natural dyes we have looked at over the past 12 months and the colours that they have produced.
Dyeing with Red Cabbage: Using up those kitchen scraps
Dyeing with Red Cabbage is a great way to use those left over kitchen scraps to produce useful, beautiful colour.
Dyeing with Cochineal: If at first you don’t succeed.
The start of my cochineal journey was not that great but now this is a permanent fixture in my dyeing palette.
A Surprise : Dyeing with Water Gum Leaves
I was not sure what to expect dyeing with this plant and I am certainly glad I tried!
Colour Differences when Natural Dyeing with Henna
Natural Dyeing with Henna has been done for centuries and is a great source of colour in your natural dye palette.
The Versatility of Oak in Natural Dyeing
Oak is an important tool in the dyers box, but can we also dye with it?