Dyeing with garden flowers - Rebecca Desnos

This summer I’ve made dyes from a few flowers from my garden. In this blog post, I’ll share my dye notes and colour swatches for three colours of buddleja (butterfly bush), yarrow and goldenrod flowers. I used cellulose fabric for all of the swatches — organic cotton, bamboo viscose and linen. Aluminium dye pots were

Reconnect with nature through natural dyeing., Join Rebecca Desnos and her friends for some beautiful plant dye projects, including ink making,

Plant Dye Zine (digital)

Using the Plant Dye Zine by Rebecca Desnos — Sleeping Dog Quilts

The Q&A: Rebecca Desnos, the forager and grower driving the trend for natural dyes

Natural dyes forever and ever, please. Another stack of fabric samples from my recent experiments…

Experience the joy of growing dye flowers and indigo no matter how little space you have, whether it’s a window box, balcony or garden. Find out how

Grow Your Own Colour (digital)

How to dye paper with natural dyes - Rebecca Desnos in 2023

A botanical mandala on fabric - Rebecca Desnos

Natural Dyeing Circle

Plant Dye Zine Ebook, Rebecca Desnos Ebook, Natural Dye Book, Plant Dyeing, Natural Dyeing, Natural Dyes, Indie Magazines, Zine, Craft DIY

Grow your own blue dye! Indigo is one of the oldest plant textile dyes, and it’s pretty as an ornamental too. These vigorous plants produce an abundance of side shoots for cut-and-come-again plant dye material and, as they mature, pretty clusters of pink flowers too. Achieving the famous dark blue hues requires advanced dye techniques, but it’s easy (and fun!) to produce aqua, teal, and pale blue-green with fresh leaves.

Japanese Indigo Organic Seeds - 75 Seeds

Ithaca Waldorf Handwork & more Handwork, Goldenrod flower, Dye

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