Making natural dyes

Learn how to make natural dyes for fabric using ingredients that you already have around! Have fun experimenting to get beautiful colors and shades!

Did you know you can create your own basic dyes and paint colors right at home? That’s right. Dyes and pigments can be concocted from plants, fruits, and other natural surroundings, which makes them safer and more environmentally-friendly as well. This post shares all you need to know!

How to make natural dye using food from your kitchen. Simple and easy to do with things like red cabbage, black beans, turmeric, and coffee.

How to make natural dyes from food. Turn your food scraps into all natural dye to color Fabrics, Paper, Frosting. Easy natural dye recipe

Natural Dyeing Tutorial. Learn how to use red cabbage to obtain beautiful purples, greens and blues with organic cotton yarn.

Natural dyes are a fun way to experience the natural world, and plants, mushrooms, lichnes and moss not only decorate our world, they have hidden color inside that can dye fabrics, paper, wood and more.

If you’re reading this, you most likely saw an “Easy DIY Natural Dye” project on Pinterest but are now surrounded by mushy dye pots and soggy fabric, mid-primal scream, and wondering what the hell went wrong. I got you, girl. Pour yourself a glass of bubbly and let’s unpack 15 Reasons Why Your DIY Natural Dye Project FAILED.

Our first natural dye tutorial focused on extracting cochineal dye purchased from a supplier. Whether you’re new to naturally dyeing handmade paper or looking to expand your color range, potential dyestuff might live closer than you think—you can extract dyes from items found in your kitchen. Kee

Wouldn’t it be great if we could replace synthetic dyes with natural dyes?

The ultimate guide to natural dyeing. A comprehensive guide to all the everything you nrrd to know. Quick, easy and simple to read. Free Guide

Create beautiful moments and memories with your kids with this great craft idea using natural dyes to eco print on fabric. Use leaves and flowers and get your kids connecting with nature. Step by step Tutorial, great for beginners.

Discover the process of dyeing with this Natural Dye Pulling (Tie Dyeing) DIY. This project is great to do with kids and is part of our Kids Lab series.

How to make natural green dye using mate. step by step tutorial on how to get intense natural green dye using mate and iron water.

I’ve been making an exciting foray into the world of natural paints and inks. It’s not so different from natural dyeing really. You can use the same dye plants but just create a really strong dye b…

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.

*colors may vary, but here's a rough visual of what you can expect fruits and vegetables to produce // The Good Trade // #naturaldye

Learn what to use to naturally dye fibers, fabrics and yarns with this list of natural dye yielding plants. Flowers, leaves, barks, roots, bugs and kitchen scraps that make beautiful colors. Dye material options, tutorials and information to get started with your natural dyeing adventures.

Learn the art of dyeing naturally with Monterey Bay Herb Co! Discover how to make natural plant dyes and create beautiful, eco-friendly, colorful fabrics.

In this blog post I’ll share with you my first experiment with fresh leaf indigo dyeing on cellulose fibres. I’m in love with this pretty shade of teal! I didn’t know if it would work on cellulose as I’ve read that it’s best on protein fibres, but I’m thrilled with the results. I’ve been growing...

In this blog post I’ll show you how to quickly and simply extract dye from coreopsis flowers using hot water. This makes a beautiful dye that can be used like watercolour paint. Then we’ll play with lemon juice and bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) to make a wider range of colours. The paint only takes...