Using food scraps and natural materials to dye fabrics in beautiful pastel shades is a growing craft movement. We asked an expert how to get started with natural dyeing at home. Welcome to The ...

After dyeing, rinse the fabric in cold water until clear. This step helps set the color. Wash gently with mild soap and dry ...

This marigold dye works best to color natural fabrics like cotton, wool, and silk. Synthetic fibers just don't absorb natural dyes as well, sorry polyester. While this dye process is simple ...

Note: Tea-dyed fabrics will lighten with washing, so choose a slightly darker initial shade. This technique imparts warmth ...

It’s common practice when using natural dyes on fabric or yarn to adjust the pH of the solution to achieve different color effects, and the same is true when using natural food colorings.

Domestic silk production is undergoing a revival in the provinces as international demand rises for natural dyes and ...

Today, Musa Jaiteh is the last artisan in his town in Gambia still using only natural dyes and traditional techniques. For more information on Musa's fabrics, click here. More from Still Standing ...

TOP TIP: Natural dyes work best on natural materials like cotton, silk and wool. If you start with a light material, the colours will stand out more, so we recommend dying onto white cotton fabric ...

including dip-dyeing, direct application/printing on fiber and paper and ink-making using natural pigments. Essential steps for fabric preparation (mordanting and various painting processes) will be ...

Meanwhile, their startup, which had focused on selling organic T-shirts, evolved into a dye production business. They co-founded Green Matters Natural Dye Co. last July 21. Their mission ...