Using food colouring to dye fabric is a relatively easy process and a simple way to try dyeing for beginners. It is particularly useful if you only want to apply dye to part of a fabric, and because it uses familiar household objects, it’s quite cost effective as well.
When President Macron of France offered to loan the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain it reminded me of the 19th century embroiderers of Leek, Staffordshire who
I went to a girls’ grammar school where they thought it was appropriate to spend 4 years studying Latin but only about 6 weeks
Although there is a well-established and very sensible home-dyers rule that you don’t mix dyeing and food preparation equipment, that doesn’t mean you can’t get
Dyeing only a selected part of a textile can be tricky! Across the centuries people in many different cultures have found ways of preparing their
This month I’m talking about the heroes and (usually) heroines of the dyeing world. First up is India Flint (@prophetofbloom) who strides the world
Ever since I started using natural dyes I’ve been intrigued by descriptions of dyeing silk to make ‘red tape’. There was the whole fascination of
Dyeing isn’t the only thing I do but I find I’m doing it a lot! Spare ten minutes – get the dye pot on. Lately
