I tried to naturally dye cotton and silk fabric blue with black hollyhock flowers. I poured boiling water over the hollyhock flowers and let the solution steep over night. On the next day, the soaking water was purple. Then I put silk and cotton fabric scraps into the natural dye solution and let it soak for some hours. By the way, I didn’t use a mordant or modifier. After rinsing the scraps in clear water, the cotton turned a pretty blue, while the silk stayed light purple.
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to dye cotton fabric blue with black beans using DIY iron mordant and the cold dyeing process.
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Continue reading How To Dye Cotton Blue With Black Beans (DIY Iron Mordant)
I’ve made some tie dye samples using Indian and Japanese tie dye techniques. The first picture shows Japanese shibori designs, such as here and here. Continue reading DIY Indian And Japanese Tie Dye, And Print Samples
Here are some dye samples I’ve made using black beans. Continue reading Black Bean Dye Samples – Purple, Grey Green, And Blue
Black tea even stains polyester as these dye samples show! Continue reading Black Tea Dye On Polyester Lace and Fabric
Here are some more dye samples I’ve made. The first is common bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) on cotton fabric and silk fabric. To get this dark purple color, it’s necessary to use common bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) with dark red flesh; blueberries (Vaccinium cyanococcus) with white flesh don’t work. The fabrics aren’t mordanted. Continue reading Black, Purple, And Rust-Colored Dye Samples
These are yellow and orange natural dye samples which I’ve made. Continue reading Yellow And Orange Natural Dyes – Turmeric, Saffron, Onion Skin
Dyeing Easter eggs orange with onion skins is so easy and fun! Continue reading How To Naturally Dye Easter Eggs Orange Brown With Onion Skins
You can dye your Easter eggs blue just with red cabbage! Continue reading How To Naturally Dye Easter Eggs Blue With Red Cabbage
DIY iron liquor mordant is very useful: as mordant before you dye fabric with natural dyes, to weather wood and dye leather black naturally. Iron liquor is easy to make at home and really cheap. In this tutorial I show you how to make DIY iron mordant using things you probably have at home! Continue reading How To Make DIY Iron Liquor Mordant For Natural Dyeing