After dyeing, rinse the fabric in cold water until clear. This step helps set the color. Wash gently with mild soap and dry ...

Using food scraps and natural materials to dye fabrics in beautiful pastel shades is a growing craft movement. We asked an expert how to get started with natural dyeing at home. Welcome to The ...

Note: Tea-dyed fabrics will lighten with washing, so choose a slightly darker initial shade. This technique imparts warmth ...

"Natural fabrics like cotton fade faster than ... It is possible to restore faded black clothes by hand with the help of a fabric dye kit.

Today, Musa Jaiteh is the last artisan in his town in Gambia still using only natural dyes and traditional techniques. For more information on Musa's fabrics, click here. More from Still Standing ...

It’s common practice when using natural dyes on fabric or yarn to adjust the pH of the solution to achieve different color effects, and the same is true when using natural food colorings.

Domestic silk production is undergoing a revival in the provinces as international demand rises for natural dyes and ...

including dip-dyeing, direct application/printing on fiber and paper and ink-making using natural pigments. Essential steps for fabric preparation (mordanting and various painting processes) will be ...

TOP TIP: Natural dyes work best on natural materials like cotton, silk and wool. If you start with a light material, the colours will stand out more, so we recommend dying onto white cotton fabric ...

Most of the fabric is made to order ... Raw material, for most of the dyes, is natural and local. Tea waste, eucalyptus grandis, eupatorium (Nilgiri kozha) and ageratum are some of the plants ...