How To Dye Cotton Blue With Red Cabbage (DIY Iron Mordant, Cold Method)

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How To Dye Cotton Fabric Blue With Red Cabbage Tutorial

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!

Related: 9 FAQs About Dyeing Cotton Blue With Red Cabbage

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) →

1850s Hairstyle For Day Or Evening

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1850s hairstyle, curls, day cap

In the 1840s to 1850s, a lady would often twist her hair into a bun, while the front section of hair was sometimes curled (‘spaniel curls‘). This hairstyle could be worn during the day (here the ringlets can be seen under the bonnet of the visiting lady on the right) or as ball hairstyle. Here are three more photographs of ladies wearing this hairstyle during the day (1840s, 1840-50s). Continue reading 1850s Hairstyle For Day Or Evening →