Thursday - December 30, 2010


How can I dye with foods such as blueberries?



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Friday - August 27, 2010


I cooked some purple cauliflower for dinner and the water turned a lovely royal blue. Can I use the water to dye wool or silk?


 


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Thursday - August 26, 2010


Can I pick and freeze goldenrod flowers for later use?


 


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Tuesday - April 27, 2010

substitutes for alum as a mordant for baby clothes




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Friday - November 27, 2009

perspiration marks on naturally dyed garments


 


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Thursday - October 22, 2009

Can you recommend alternatives to the mordants copperas, blue vitrol and sugar of lead?


 


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Thursday - May 14, 2009

I was wonderng if soda ash is also effective for binding natural dyes to the fabric. (Examples: tumeric, berries, etc.) 


 


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Sunday - April 05, 2009

how to paint silk with natural dyes and pigments


 


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Tuesday - March 03, 2009

Dyeing a shirt with red-brown dirt produced a red-orange color—how can I get brown?


 


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Tuesday - November 18, 2008

Is it possible to dye fabric with blood?


 


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Friday - November 14, 2008

Is there a way I could make a powdered annato dye that I could store in a bottle?


 


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Sunday - September 07, 2008

dyeing with beautiful blue butterfly pea flowers


 


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Wednesday - August 20, 2008

Which alum you would recommend (sulfate or acetate) as a mordant, based on both color fastness and safety?


 


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Sunday - August 17, 2008

Are natural fabric dyes best for the environment?


 


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Thursday - July 03, 2008

Which natural dyes are more permanent than others?


 


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Wednesday - April 30, 2008

How can I improve the light fastness of turmeric dye?


 


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Saturday - February 23, 2008

Have you heard of any good natural dyes that will work with cold water for batik?


 


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Saturday - December 29, 2007

Can copper sulphate, ferric chloride, and potassium permanganate be used as mordants?


 


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Friday - November 23, 2007

toxicity and environmental damage associated with logwood and other natural dyes


 


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Thursday - October 25, 2007

I am dyeing silk fabric with natural dyes like tumeric, coffee etc. How do I fix these dyes with natural substances (I want to avoid chemicals)?


 


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