We are in the middle of a pretty intense heat wave over here in the Midwest, and boy is ever it hot hot hot. The humidity level reached the point of unbearable since this past week and that means our outdoor adventuring has sort of come to a halt until things cool off a bit. That being…

We have been busy expanding our colour palette using only natural plant and mineral dyes. We have added indigo blue to our colours and have started growing our own at our test farm. Madder root which produces reds, oranges and pinks grows wild here in Jordan. Yellows are easy to find. Our favourites come from pomegranate rind, olive leaves, camomile flowers and ochre earth. And blacks are made by adding iron to pomegranate, tea or eucalyptus bark. Natural dyes produce different colours on…

Blueberry Fabric Dye using organic blueberries, water, salt and vinegar. I've been wanting to experiment with natural dyes. I read Jenny Dean's book Wild Color. It gives a great overview of the process and all the details to consider in natural dyeing. (With the left over blueberries, I made blueberry jam.) ;)

Every few months I experiment with new natural, plant-based dye colors for my handmade clothing business. Looking for a dye color that can become a year-round staple, I started playing around with the Cutch liquid from Botanical Colors -- the earthy color lives somewhere around a warm dusty rose color. As a clothing designer and a consumer, it's rare to find linen clothing that is hand-dyed with cutch in the United States. I'm excited to be able to offer this new color for at least a limited…

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Slow dyeing means that natural dyeing an integrated part of my life: even on days when I’m too busy to do anything to advance my current projects, I know the dye pots are still there in the background, steeping, until I have time to work with them.