Textile Indie

    Natural Dyeing Resources and Info

    Natural dyeing tools and materials to get started in natural dyeing. Use this as a reference guide or as a resource to find and purchase materials of your own.

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    Natural Dyeing Tools

    Natural Dyes

    Madder Root

    Madder root powder

    Seeds: Grand Prismatic Seeds

    Madder root pieces

    Dyers Coreopsis

    Seeds: Grand Prismatic Seed

    Flowers dried

    Weld

    Seeds: Grand Prismatic Seeds

    Dye extract: Botanical Colors

    Dried flowers: Botanical Colors

    Black Eyed Susans

    Seeds: Grand Prismatic Seed

    Indigo

    Indigo powder

    Seeds: Grand Prismatic Seeds

    Cutch

    Cutch powder

    Woad

    Dye powder: The Woolery

    Cosmos

    Seeds: Grand Prismatic Seed

    Cochineal

    Powder: Botanical Colors

    Whole cochineal

    Cochineal Powder

    Osage Orange

    Dye material: Botanical Colors

    Walnuts

    Dye extract powder: Botanical Colors

    Sunflower

    Seeds: Grand Prismatic Seed

    Natural Dye Mordants, Fixatives and Additives

    Natural dyes typically need a mordant in order to assist the pigments to coat the fibers with color. Below you will find resources for some of those that I typically use in my natural dyeing projects.

    Aluminum Sulfate –Potassium aluminum sulphate

    Aluminum Acetate

    Iron –ferrous sulfate

    Natural Dyeing Safety Gear

    Natural dyeing is a great way to use plants and natural organic materials to create beautiful colors. However, there are still some safety precautions to take in order to avoid health problems due to dye powders, mordants, and regular exposure to dye evaporation and mordants.

    Natural Dyeing Books

    One of my favorite places to do research in the library, especially my personal library. Over the years I have collected some fantastic natural dyeing resource books and inspirational books to fill my fiber arts library with and reference whenever I need some motivation or the answer to a question. Here I have shared some of my favorites.