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natural dyeing, cotton and linen
A good friend asked me if I have had good experience with natural dyeing with cotton fabric. I told her that I had some bad ones and a few fair to good results. Unlike silk, wool, mohair, and alpaca which are classified as protein … Continue reading
Posted in dyeing, eco printing
Tagged alum, alum-tannin-alum, botanical, bronze, cellulose fiber, cornucopia of colors, cotton, decay matter, dye bath, earthy hues of browns, eco-dyeing, eco-friendly, Eucalyptus, lime leaf, mordant, natural dyeing, orange leaf, privet berries, protein fiber, sage green, sea water, skeletal leaf, soda ash, soy milk, staghorn sumac, three-steps process mordant, triangular-folded, unsweetened soy milk, vintage linen, washing soda
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