Natural red dye fabric

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For thousands of years, plants have been used to create natural dyes for fabric and yarn. Learn how to make natural red dyes from plants.

Keep things au naturale with this easy tutorial.

Here's step-by-step instructions for dyeing fabric with red wine. Have leftovers from a dinner party? This is a sustainable, fun, and crafty way to use up any extra wine you may have on hand! Make gifts for the wine lover in your life or spruce up an old tablecloth with this easy natural dye DIY.

I’ve just released my new ebook all about eco-printing so I thought this might be a good time to write a quick post about the leaf that started it all for me, eucalyptus! I first learned about eco-printing in my natural dyes and weaving class in college over ten years ago. I saw an example of eucalyptus leaves printed on silk and I was shocked to see they printed a beautiful orange. It took me many years and lots of twists and turns before I finally got a chance to try the method myself and…

For the last of the summer series of natural dyes focused on red, let’s journey on to madder, one of the world’s most ancient dyes.

Madder dyeing experiments. Mostly for Viking Age Re-enactment (my hobby on weekends). These were just sample bits tossed in with a friend's very very organized dye sampling to achieve a specific shade of red made by the Dutch and/or Flemish people in the Late Medieval period. A couple of the dyes/mordant combinations can't be traced back far enough for me to use for Viking Age clothing and textiles, but I'm completely in love with the Brazilwood/Madder combination, especially on the wool…

We’ve all seen videos and tutorials showing beautiful colors achieved with beetroot. I even used beetroot for my first-ever dye project. And I got breathtaking pink, that lasted… one day. Beetroot, red cabbage, black beans, blueberries…You can’t wait to dye lovely shades of pink, purple, or blue? Let me share tips!