How to dye linen fabrics

A small list of the best books and websites for learning how to dye fabric naturally with plant-based materials.

This easy ice dye tutorial creates a fluid, organic pattern on a big piece of natural linen. If you've never dyed fabric before, it is super simple!

Linen is a durable fabric made from flax plant fibers. It is up to three times stronger than cotton. Linen can survive many washes and even gets softer the more it's washed. This may explain why linen fibers are used to make towels, bed sheets, table cloths and other items that are frequently washed.

All about how to dye linen fabric. If you are looking for something fun to do over the weekend to zhuzh up your Thanksgiving table, this is the craft for you!

tea dyeing

How to turn plants like lavender, nettles, goldenrod, and elderberries into natural dyes for fabrics like cotton, linen plus wool and silk. Use this starter guide to begin creating botanical dyes from your garden.

To make your clothes shine in a new colour, you can simply use textile dye! How you can dye clothes and what you have to consider, you can find out here!

Tea is rich with tannin (good for gripping onto fabric), is inexpensive, and attaches well to cotton and linen. It typically gives you a light brown color if you don’t use any color modifiers. You can use an iron modifier on the fabric after you dye it with the tea, which will shift your colors to grey, and increase our fabric’s color- and lightfastness. At the iron sulfate stage, you will be able to experiment with different dipping and folding techniques to create patterns on your fabric.

Dyeing polyester fabrics and other synthetic fibers is easy with the right dye. Learn how to dye polyester fabrics step by step.

Today I have a guest post for you written by Jule Kebelmann from Hey Mama Wolf. Jule shows us how to extract dye from plants and create a lake pigment, then use it to make our own paint. Use the paint on paper or to decorate walls. This is a beautiful way to bring the...