Natural red dye fabric

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How to make natural dye using food from your kitchen. Simple and easy to do with things like red cabbage, black beans, turmeric, and coffee.

For thousands of years, plants have been used to create natural dyes for fabric and yarn. Learn how to make natural red dyes from plants.

Madder dyeing experiments. Mostly for Viking Age Re-enactment (my hobby on weekends). These were just sample bits tossed in with a friend's very very organized dye sampling to achieve a specific shade of red made by the Dutch and/or Flemish people in the Late Medieval period. A couple of the dyes/mordant combinations can't be traced back far enough for me to use for Viking Age clothing and textiles, but I'm completely in love with the Brazilwood/Madder combination, especially on the wool…

We’ve all seen videos and tutorials showing beautiful colors achieved with beetroot. I even used beetroot for my first-ever dye project. And I got breathtaking pink, that lasted… one day. Beetroot, red cabbage, black beans, blueberries…You can’t wait to dye lovely shades of pink, purple, or blue? Let me share tips!

Natural Dyeing Tutorial. Learn how to use red cabbage to obtain beautiful purples, greens and blues with organic cotton yarn.

You may have seen some red onion dye using just the skins, but what if you use the entire onion? I tried it out and the results were so cool.

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) →