Natural Dyeing Guides

Step-by-step guides to dyeing with plants: how to prepare and mordant fabric, how to use madder, weld and indigo, and tested recipes for every color. New to natural dyeing? Start with Natural Dyes: Everything You Need to Know.

Red and yellow onions for natural tie-dye

Natural Tie-Dye: How to Tie-Dye with Plant Dyes

How to tie-dye clothes naturally with plant dyes, with a simple step-by-step onion skin method.

Natural Tie-Dye: How to Tie-Dye with Plant Dyes

How to tie-dye clothes naturally with plant dyes, with a simple step-by-step onion skin method.

Hemp plant leaves

What Are the Benefits of Hemp Fabric?

The benefits of hemp fabric for the environment and to wear, and how to dye hemp naturally.

What Are the Benefits of Hemp Fabric?

The benefits of hemp fabric for the environment and to wear, and how to dye hemp naturally.

Merino sheep in a field

Why Wear Merino Wool? Benefits of Merino

The main benefits of merino wool, and how to dye undyed merino clothing with natural dyes.

Why Wear Merino Wool? Benefits of Merino

The main benefits of merino wool, and how to dye undyed merino clothing with natural dyes.

Fabric dyed bright pink-red with safflower

How to Dye Pink with Safflower: Michel Garcia's...

Master dyer Michel Garcia's traditional recipe for dyeing cotton pink with safflower petals, and for making safflower pink pigment.

How to Dye Pink with Safflower: Michel Garcia's...

Master dyer Michel Garcia's traditional recipe for dyeing cotton pink with safflower petals, and for making safflower pink pigment.

Hands dyeing fabric in an avocado dye bath

How to Dye with Avocado: A Beginner Guide

A beginner guide to dyeing fabric soft pink with avocado pits and skins, step by step.

How to Dye with Avocado: A Beginner Guide

A beginner guide to dyeing fabric soft pink with avocado pits and skins, step by step.

Fabric swatches dyed yellow with Persian berries (buckthorn) using different mordants

Persian Berries (Buckthorn) Dye: 6 Mordant Meth...

Embroidery artist Mirjam Gielen compares six mordant methods with Persian berry (buckthorn) dye on wool, cotton and linen, from no mordant to tannin and aluminum acetate.

Persian Berries (Buckthorn) Dye: 6 Mordant Meth...

Embroidery artist Mirjam Gielen compares six mordant methods with Persian berry (buckthorn) dye on wool, cotton and linen, from no mordant to tannin and aluminum acetate.