Natural blue dye

Have you ever wanted to try natural dyeing? It's as easy as raiding your pantry! Check out this step-by-step tutorial for how to dye yarn using black beans to get a gorgeous smokey blue color!

Don't throw out that orange peel just yet! Follow these instructions to make natural dyes from basic grocery store ingredients.

The name of my blog is called The Easy Blues. That’s because I was listening John Martyn two months ago when I started this blog. Ironically blue is definitely not the easiest colour to achieve whe…

Six years ago I did two post on how to dye wool yarn with black beans. As I have moved into dyeing cotton fabric I thought I would write a little updated post. You can read here the part 1 and part…

I’ve written up a follow-up to my tutorial on how to dye cotton blue with red cabbage because it’s one of the most popular posts on my blog! 😀 Related: How To Dye Blue With Red Cabbage (DIY Iron Mordant) This is a little different to my first tutorial because here I’m extracting the red … Continue reading How To Dye Cotton Blue With Red Cabbage (No Mordant) →

First a disclaimer: no pennies were harmed in the process of dyeing this fabric. Craft of the Dyer: Colour from Plants and Lichens by Nova Scotia dye expert Karen Leigh Casselman is my main dye bible. Most of the dye recipes are for plants found in North America, but Casselman offers two offbeat mineral dye recipes with copper pennies and clay as the dyestuff. This summer I'll try the clay recipe which is very messy. Copper penny blue was manageable in my laundry room. Dawn MacNutt adapted…

Use red cabbage dye to naturally dye cotton fabric blue! You can use red cabbage dye without a mordant or make DIY iron mordant.

Today I made more dye experiments with red cabbage. This time I made a dye bath with red cabbage and baking soda. I diluted leftover homemade blue food coloring (made with red cabbage and baking soda) with water. The food coloring turned the water dark blue, almost black. I put pre-washed white cotton fabric scraps … Continue reading Red Cabbage + Baking Soda – Dye Samples →

Natural blue food coloring is easy to make at home.You only need 2 ingredients: red cabbage and baking soda! Naturally dye ice cream, cake, drinks, pasta ...

Avoid the toxins of conventional food dyes by using natural food dyes you can easily make at home!