Natural Dye Guides and Tutorials

How to Care for Naturally Dyed Clothing

How to Care for Naturally Dyed Clothing

This guide covers everything you need to know about washing, storing, and maintaining indigo-dyed and plant-dyed pieces so the color lasts.

How to Care for Naturally Dyed Clothing

This guide covers everything you need to know about washing, storing, and maintaining indigo-dyed and plant-dyed pieces so the color lasts.

Recipes for Naturally Dyed Green

Recipes for Naturally Dyed Green

Green is nature's favorite color. It is all around us, yet is still one of the most elusive colors in the natural dye world. Here are two distinct recipes: a...

Recipes for Naturally Dyed Green

Green is nature's favorite color. It is all around us, yet is still one of the most elusive colors in the natural dye world. Here are two distinct recipes: a...

How to Grow Indigo Dye Plants from Seed

How to Grow Indigo Dye Plants from Seed

Learn how to grow indigo dye plants from seed, including persicaria tinctoria (Japanese indigo), woad, and Indigofera. Planting tips, germination, and harvest timing.

How to Grow Indigo Dye Plants from Seed

Learn how to grow indigo dye plants from seed, including persicaria tinctoria (Japanese indigo), woad, and Indigofera. Planting tips, germination, and harvest timing.

Creating a Home Dye Studio: A Guide to Natural Dyeing at Home

Creating a Home Dye Studio: A Guide to Natural ...

My home dye studio lives in my kitchen, my dining table, and whatever corner of the house I can claim that day. This guide shares how to safely and comfortably...

Creating a Home Dye Studio: A Guide to Natural ...

My home dye studio lives in my kitchen, my dining table, and whatever corner of the house I can claim that day. This guide shares how to safely and comfortably...

Foraging and Dyeing with Ironweed

Foraging and Dyeing with Ironweed

Ironweed (genus Vernonia) is a gorgeous (and tall!) native perennial that brightens up meadows and roadsides in late summer. Have you ever wondered if you could dye with it? (I’m fairly...

Foraging and Dyeing with Ironweed

Ironweed (genus Vernonia) is a gorgeous (and tall!) native perennial that brightens up meadows and roadsides in late summer. Have you ever wondered if you could dye with it? (I’m fairly...

How to Use Clay as a Natural Dye

How to Use Clay as a Natural Dye

When paired with soy milk as a binder, clay can be used to stain cloth in earthy, mineral-rich colors. Unlike traditional dyes that chemically bond with fiber, clay pigments sit...

How to Use Clay as a Natural Dye

When paired with soy milk as a binder, clay can be used to stain cloth in earthy, mineral-rich colors. Unlike traditional dyes that chemically bond with fiber, clay pigments sit...