I made ice bowls again – this time I made blue ice bowls! The blue ice bowls are easy and fun to make, they’re food-safe – or even edible, if you want 😉 – colored with homemade blue food coloring (made with red cabbage and baking soda). Continue reading DIY Edible Blue Ice Cream Cups Made Of Ice
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
Natural blue food coloring is easy to make at home. You only need 2 ingredients: red cabbage and baking soda! So bring some color into your life and naturally dye your food blue – no one will believe that you used red cabbage to achieve this incredible blue color!
I wanted to make natural blue food coloring made with red cabbage for a long time and now I finally made it! Yay, I’m so excited! I put together a tutorial so that you can make natural blue food coloring too. You can use natural blue food coloring to color ice cream, cake, frosting & icing, drinks, pasta, fried eggs … (recipes below)
If you’re wondering if food colored with red cabbage food coloring doesn’t taste of red cabbage. 😉 No, if you don’t use to much natural blue food coloring to dye the food. Neither the blue cookies nor the blue milk nor the blue pasta tasted of red cabbage. Continue reading Homemade Natural Blue Food Coloring With Red Cabbage
Make ice bowls with real ice and turn ordinary ice cream into a special treat! Continue reading DIY Ice Glasses – Tutorial
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
You can dye your Easter eggs blue just with red cabbage! Continue reading How To Naturally Dye Easter Eggs Blue With Red Cabbage
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
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)
I made some dye samples with red cabbage and unbleached cotton fabric. I used this red cabbage dye solution.
