A quick natural dye experiment with butterfly pea flowers. Because butterfly pea flower tea has such a beautiful dark ink blue color, I tried to dye fabric blue with it. Butterfly pea fabric dye tried on silk and cotton fabric. Continue reading Butterfly Pea Fabric Dye
Did you know that you can make your own fabric printing inks with things you’ll find in the nature? 😀 Continue reading DIY Natural Fabric Printing Inks
I love speckled blue robin eggs! 😀 In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make cute speckled Easter eggs – all naturally dyed with red cabbage and coffee! Naturally dyed speckled eggs aren’t difficult to make and they’ll look super cute on your Easter breakfast table. Continue reading Naturally Dyed Speckled Robin Easter Eggs
A while ago, I printed fabric with leftover homemade natural blue food coloring (made with red cabbage & baking soda). But the print was very pale after washing. But this time I used just the thickened red cabbage juice without baking soda as DIY natural printing ink. Continue reading DIY Red Cabbage Fabric Printing Ink
While I was making dye samples with leftover blue food coloring (made with red cabbage and baking soda) I noticed that the dye solution changes dramatically its color in 4 days. Continue reading Red Cabbage Dye On Exposure To Air
I used leftover natural blue food coloring (made with red cabbage and baking soda) to make some print samples. I used a fork to print mini polka dots and a pattern which looks like rain. The color was dark green before I washed the fabric. Continue reading Red Cabbage + Baking Soda – Print Samples
Today I made more dye experiments with red cabbage. This time I made a dye bath with red cabbage and baking soda. I diluted leftover homemade blue food coloring (made with red cabbage and baking soda) with water. The food coloring turned the water dark blue, almost black. Continue reading Red Cabbage + Baking Soda – Dye Samples
Ever since I’ve read a Victorian recipe for indelible laundry ink made with sloes, I wanted to try it out. The homemade and natural sloe laundry ink is easy to make, and it actually works! 😀 Continue reading DIY Natural Sloe Laundry Ink
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to naturally age new wood with vinegar and steel wool. In just a couple of minutes, new wood will look old, gray and weathered like old barn wood. Continue reading How To Weather Wood – With Steel Wool & Vinegar
A while ago I tried to make bandhani – an Indian tie dye technique. Fabric is wrapped with yarn before dyeing to make small dots. Then I dyed the fabric yellow with onion skins and turmeric.