I washed my fabrics and yarn, which I dyed with red cabbage, in the washing machine. Continue reading Red Cabbage Dye Samples after the Washing Machine
Category Archives: Natural Dyeing & Printing
How To Dye Cotton Blue With Red Cabbage (DIY Iron Mordant, Cold Method)
It’s not easy to dye cotton fabric a washfast and lightfast blue with natural dyes (except with indigo and woad).
After reading that iron in the soil makes hydrangea flowers more blue, I wondered if iron mordant could help to fix the blue color to cotton fabric. And after some experiments with different mordants and modifiers and various natural blue dye materials, I’ve finally found out that red cabbage dye + iron mordant produces a beautiful washfast and lightfast blue! Yay!
So in this tutorial I’ll show how to dye cotton and viscose rayon fabric blue with red cabbage and DIY iron mordant. Continue reading How To Dye Cotton Blue With Red Cabbage (DIY Iron Mordant, Cold Method)
DIY Print Full Circle Cotton Lehenga (Skirt)
My full circle lehenga (skirt) which I sewed and printed myself. Continue reading DIY Print Full Circle Cotton Lehenga (Skirt)
Red cabbage – dye samples
I made some dye samples with red cabbage and unbleached cotton fabric. I used this red cabbage dye solution.
Mud Cloth – Tannin Iron Print
Inspired from mud cloth, I’ve made this small sample. Continue reading Mud Cloth – Tannin Iron Print