Wondering how to make natural dyes for wool? How to make natural dyes for cotton? Plant and animal fibers have slightly different requirements, but you can dye both right at home. You might think that ...

Mar. 22—Conventional dyes on your clothes may be pretty, but they can also be toxic, both to yourself and to the environment. But there is an alternative. Making your own natural dyes at home is a fun ...

Create your own natural colorants and create a mint fabric dye. Take your summer mint abundance and turn it into yellow and green dyes. In A Garden to Dye For (St. Lynn’s, 2014), Chris McLaughlin ...

Don’t throw out that orange peel just yet—you could turn it into pretty homemade dye! Follow these instructions to make natural dyes from basic grocery store ingredients. Don’t throw out that orange ...

Transforming weeds, kitchen scraps and other natural elements into a rainbow of textile dyes is a concept as old as civilization itself, with dye vats dating to as early as 2000 BC. Now, these ...

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 ...

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Products are independently selected by our editors. We may earn an affiliate commission from links. "If I were to track my initial love of experimenting with colors, it all began with my homemade lava ...