There are thousands of natural materials that make glorious colors in fabric, from rhubarb and dahlias to indigo and ground nuts. Natural dyeing is an ancient tradition and the techniques behind this ...

“The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes” by Sasha Duerr is full of helpful tips and recipes for home dyeing enthusiasts. Home dyeing can be a gamble if you are new to the idea, but even if you are ...

Coloring fiber or fabric with natural dyes can be painstaking work. But to know the dye potential of plants is to have some of the wisdom of the ancients. With the right chemical magic, the red ...

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 ...

Armed with a hand blender, a bucket, some wild plants and various kitchen cupboard ingredients you can give old clothes a new lease of life Natural dyes have been used throughout history and the first ...

Chances are you don't care so much for the weeds that squeeze through cracks on the side of the road or crop up exactly where you wish they wouldn't in your garden. When Heather Thomas looks at weeds, ...

Hungry? Tintoria di Quaregna, one of the world’s largest commercial dye houses, dishes up rich colors as delicious as the herbs and spices they use to make their all natural, colorfast dyes. The ...

There are thousands of natural materials that make glorious colors in fabric, from rhubarb and dahlias to indigo and groundnuts. Natural dyeing is an ancient tradition, and the techniques behind this ...