Here is a blog post on how to wash and care for natural print fabrics. Naturally print or eco print is terms use frequently and they mean the same. These tips work the same as natural dyed fabrics as well. I am showing natural print as the change of print is shows up more. Natural […]
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This is a blog post on how to extract indigo out of dried leaves. The dried leaves that I am using are Japanee indigo (Persicaria tinctoria) leaves as they grow well in the UK weather. Here is an old blog post on how to grow them. To encourage more plant growth one needs to harvest
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This is a blog post on making an organic indigo vat. After my initial experiments using thiox in indigo vat I have decided to move to a much more environmentally friendly indigo vat. Here is my old blog post on how to make thiox indigo vat. Although it is more environmentally friendly it is also
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This is a blog post on fabric dyeing with horse chestnut (conker). I am using horse chestnut leaves at the moment as it’s all I got going at the time of writing. It is possible to dye with flowers and shells from them. There is a bit of leaves that were on the ground around
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This blog post is about natural dyeing assistants in fabric dyeing and printing. It simply means that these assistants will aid the uptake of natural dyes onto the fabric. Natural dye’s assistant is not to confuse with mordants. As mordants are mainly to produce and stronger and brighter color. Mordants are also normally made from
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