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Jamie Young - Natural Dye Educator on Instagram: "Comment PRINT & I’ll send you a ✨free✨ botanical printing tutorial as well as a special discount code for my online, self-paced botanical printing course. 🌿

Q: How does this work?
A: Plants are laid on top of damp, pretreated fabric. The fabric and plants are tightly rolled onto a pipe or dowel then bundled with string or fabric. The bundle is placed over water and steamed to transfer the natural dyes from the plants to the fabric. ✨

Q: Don’t the prints just wash away?
A: If the fabric is properly pretreated with the correct mordants, the dyes will be bound to the fabric and will withstand wash & wear. Each dye plant contains a unique mixture of phytochemicals that have varying levels of colorfastness. The rate at which prints slowly fad Botanical Fabric Prints, Eco Printing Tutorial, Printing Crafts, Eco Dyeing Fabric, Plant Prints, Eco Dyeing, Bazaar Crafts, Botanical Dyeing, Natural Dyeing

Jamie Young - Natural Dye Educator on Instagram: "Comment PRINT & I’ll send you a ✨free✨ botanical printing tutorial as well as a special discount code for my online, self-paced botanical printing course. 🌿 Q: How does this work? A: Plants are laid on top of damp, pretreated fabric. The fabric and plants are tightly rolled onto a pipe or dowel then bundled with string or fabric. The bundle is placed over water and steamed to transfer the natural dyes from the plants to the fabric. ✨ Q…

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Jamie Young - Natural Dye Educator on Instagram: "✨Bundle dyeing✨ with Flowers & Food Waste 🌸🌿  👉🏼✨ Comment BUNDLE & I’ll send you a ✨free✨ bundle dyeing tutorial! 🦋  Bundle dyeing is an easy technique that yields beautiful results. ✨ If you’re new to natural dyeing, food waste dyes are a budget friendly, low pressure way to begin experimenting. It’s also the ideal natural dye project to do with kids! I worked with yellow onion skins, marigolds, & avocados for this project. 🧅🥑💕  Some of the best (most colorfast) food waste dyes include avocado pits & skins 💗, pomegranate peel☀️🌿, onion skins🧡, & carrot tops. 🥕  This scarf was mordanted with mineral salts to help the dyes form an insoluble bond with the fiber. This step is vital for color uptake and longevity. If you’d like to l Patchwork, Fabric Dyeing Techniques Tutorials, Dye Clothes Diy, Natural Dyes For Fabric, Bundle Dyeing, Dye Projects, Avocado Pits, Natural Dyeing Techniques, Carrot Tops

Jamie Young - Natural Dye Educator on Instagram: "✨Bundle dyeing✨ with Flowers & Food Waste 🌸🌿 👉🏼✨ Comment BUNDLE & I’ll send you a ✨free✨ bundle dyeing tutorial! 🦋 Bundle dyeing is an easy technique that yields beautiful results. ✨ If you’re new to natural dyeing, food waste dyes are a budget friendly, low pressure way to begin experimenting. It’s also the ideal natural dye project to do with kids! I worked with yellow onion skins, marigolds, & avocados for this project. 🧅🥑💕 Some…

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