Naturally dyed clothing

When working with natural dyes many dyes need an additional substance or mordant to help fix the dye to the fibre. Mordant comes from the french “mordre” to bite, a mordant will help the dye bite to the fabric or fibre. When people first start experimenting with plant dyes this step can often be overlooked...

Learn how to dye clothing and fabric a beautiful pink from avocados using this natural dyeing DIY! Avocado dyeing is so easy!

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Do you have a pair of old, faded jeans? Before you throw them away you should consider dyeing them. Learn how to dye your jeans by reading the following tips, techniques, and instructions.

Natural dyes that don't need mordant. Discover the reason why you can avoid the use of a mordant while using these 5 natural dyes.

This summer I’ve made dyes from a few flowers from my garden. In this blog post, I’ll share my dye notes and colour swatches for three colours of buddleja (butterfly bush), yarrow and goldenrod flowers. I used cellulose fabric for all of the swatches — organic cotton, bamboo viscose and linen. Aluminium dye pots were...

natural dyed linen

Goldenrods flowering tops light up the landscape with a bright yellow glow this time of year. Goldenrod is a versatile native North American herb , a beautiful late Summer blooming wildflower with...

Discover how to properly care for naturally-dyed fabric with our expert tips. Learn how to set realistic expectations for washing, drying, and ironing plant-dyed clothing to keep it looking vibrant. Read more about how to wash naturally dyed fabric!

A step-by-step tutorial for bundle dyeing with flowers and food waste.

Long before textiles were being dyed commercially, people were foraging to source dyes that are found in nature. Now you don't even need to forage, you can open your pantry to begin natural dyeing.

Naturally dyed linen 🌿🍅🌼 Colours from nature always look beautiful together ✨ I’ve had such a lovely time dyeing these linen table… | Instagram

Tea is rich with tannin (good for gripping onto fabric), is inexpensive, and attaches well to cotton and linen. It typically gives you a light brown color if you don’t use any color modifiers. You can use an iron modifier on the fabric after you dye it with the tea, which will shift your colors to grey, and increase our fabric’s color- and lightfastness. At the iron sulfate stage, you will be able to experiment with different dipping and folding techniques to create patterns on your fabric.

What if I told you that you could dye your clothes using soy milk, kitchen scraps and a lot of patience?

One of my favourite plants to dye with in the spring is the stinging nettle – it’s one of the plants I most look forward to. The leaves give me a soft grey-green hue at this time of year (maybe you get a slightly different colour?) – the colour just feels so fresh and “alive”...