Natural dyes

Take a wrong sized white bed sheet, cut it in pieces, dye pieces with different natural dyes, and sew them back together. Why? Why not!
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Make Natural Non Toxic Dye in Hot Pink
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vegetable dyeing is an antic way to dyed the materials used to weave a rug , This colours give a natural vibration , abrashed effect , to hand made rugs ,
dyed clothespins--This makes me laugh because I can picture us painting all those stupid clothes pins for MACURH, letting the dry, then painting the school name on them. We should have just made a big pail of green dye and did it that way. All that time we spent....lol!
RAW COLOR
A visual research about vegetables and their powerful color. Vegetables are dismantled and purified to their visual essence 'RAW COLOR'. The harvested color is captured by a new process preserving their intensity on color cards. Categorized by shades and families a new map is created which shows their beautiful diversity. This projects reinterprets the vegetable and puts it into new context.
Vegetable Dye Color Chart
Vegetable Dye Color Chart Endpaper of Vegetable Dyeing: 151 Color Recipes for Dyeing Yarns and Fabrics with Natural Materials by Alma Lesch 1970. Larger scan available at site.
natural dyes... purple grape juice - lavender small quantity of red onion skins or red wine - violet blue spinach leaves - green turmeric - yellow carrots - orange coffee - brown beets - pink lots of red onion skins - red red cabbage - blue
How To Make Vegetable Dye
Natural Dyes (specific for wool) : alum and cream of tartar mordant, scavenged natural stuff, salt.
How To: Make Your Own Natural Dyes - Modern Farmer
How To: Make Your Own Natural Dyes (http://modernfarmer.com/2013/10/natural-dyes/) from Modern Farmer.
Mixture brought to a boil and then simmered, 30 to 60 minutes depending on the intensy of the color desired