Red rose petals are an organic way to create dusty pink and blush hues for your textile and craft projects. No roses in your garden, no problem! Recycling & repurposing a bouquet with roses is an amazing way to enjoy the beauty of flowers long after they have faded. This tutorial will show you how to brew color from wilting red roses, as well as how to dye paper & the resulting color swatch samples (wet strength tissue paper) with various pre-mordants.
Immersion-Dyed Roses
Faded rose petals are the perfect flower to create reds & pinks with an immersion dyeing technique for your textiles. Recycling & repurposing a bouquet of roses, or straight from your summer garden, is an amazing way to enjoy the beauty of flowers long after they have faded. This tutorial will show you how to immersion dye with rose petals on cotton using white vinegar & iron water to modify the colors.
Steam-Dyed Tulips
Tulip petals are a wonderful flower to create reds & pinks with a steam dyeing technique for your textiles, aka eco-dyeing. Recycling & repurposing a bouquet of tulips, or straight from your spring garden, is an amazing way to enjoy the beauty of flowers long after they have faded. This tutorial will show you how to steam dye with tulip petals on silk using white vinegar & iron water to modify the colors.
Dahlia Dye
Dahlia flowers are a natural way to create golden yellow hues for your textile and craft projects. If it's not the season for dahlias, no problem! Recycling & repurposing a bouquet with dahlias is an amazing way to enjoy the beauty of flowers long after they have faded. You could say it's twice as nice! This tutorial will show you how to brew dyes from wilting dahlia flowers, as well as the resulting color swatch samples (cotton & silk) with various pre-mordants.