how to wash your naturally dyed clothes

With this simple indigo resist technique I will teach you how to create a beautiful marble effect on white textiles

Two great textile workshops in the Netherlands

Sukumo indigo holds a special place as a time-honored dyeing technique. Derived from the leaves of the Polygonum tinctorium plant, Sukumo...

If you have been reading my blogs you have seen a thing or two about creating dark shades using the magical collusion of tannins with...

It is almost the end of the Gregorian year. What a year it has been (in many, very conflicting ways). I feel that before I can start...

Re-dyeing 18th century dye recipes by Paul Gout in Montpellier, France

Birch trees are deciduous trees that belong to the Betulaceae family, which also includes alders and hazels. There are approximately 60...

There are no true one-step greens in natural dyes. It is either a khaki or moss-green of sorts by post-mordanting a yellow dye with...

(And why do you need to know?) pH is something you will see a lot in descriptions of natural dyeing processes. In short: pH stands for...

The rarest dyes, part of a series of (now) rare natural dyes, see also the blog about Murex and Kakishibu. Kermens is an insect-derived...

In the summer of 2022, I visited Mexico for almost a month. I started with a visit to Mexico City and Cuernavaca, then moved to San...

A blog in the series "The rarest dyes", see the blog about Murex dyeing here. Persimmons (Latin: Diospyros kaki) are a fruit with a long...

how to store your natural dyes and extracts

Try Symplocos for a 100% plant based dye process and stunning new shades. In the second half of the 19th century, botany was extremely...

THE FUNCTION OF MORDANTS Most dyes, when applied to fabric, will either wash out or fade rather quickly. These dyes need to be fixed to...

natural dyeing and eco printing with rhatany roots

natural dyeing with ceriops tagal, mangrove tannin

How to create perfect reds from madder

Murex dyes for purple and blues from antiquity to today