Learn the basics of natural dyeing, different techniques, and specific directions for dyeing with natural ingredients.
Welcome back to another week and another task in the strawflower quilt along! This week, we will assemble our blocks. Assembling Blocks The workload this week is light and oh, so satisfying. Every time I sew together another block, I am overjoyed with happiness. For each block, you should have the middle piece (square-in-a-square), your […]
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The Natural Dye Kit 02: Brights delivers saturated, bold colors with only three dye goods (AKA dye stuff) bringing the possibility of an array of colors. The first dye kit at Side Lake Stitch, the Natural Dye Kit 01:Warm, creates warm, earthy tones from Wattle, Cutch, Pomegranate, and Iron. For the new dye kit, I
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From the moment I designed the strawflower quilt pattern, I knew this pattern would be perfect in a naturally dyed colorway. The warm and moody tones of the naturally dyed colorway I used paired perfectly with the strawflower pattern. Natural Dye Kit 01 In the spring of 2022, I developed the Natural Dye Kit 01
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Introducing the new kid on the block here at Side Lake Stitch – the first Side Lake Stitch Kit! What’s a Side Lake Stitch Kit? This kit is the first of its kind that mixes natural dyeing with sewing. The sewing and natural dyeing kit contains one small project that is equal parts of natural
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This blog post walks your through the steps of mordanting fabric for natural dyeing. If you want to dye fabric naturally with plants and food waste, follow this tutorial to prepare your fabric.
In this blog post, I go over how to modify your naturally dyed colors to achieve a wider range of color when dyeing.
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We have made it to the most exciting week of the dye along – dyeing. Natural dyeing can seem like a lot of work and not a lot of fun when you are preparing fabric for dye. We all know how important the preparations are, but this week will be a bit more exciting as
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Welcome to week 2 of the natural dye along. This week we will complete the most important part of natural dyeing, mordanting. I know this part intimidates many new dyers, but you will see that there is nothing to worry about by the end of this week. What is Mordanting? Mordanting is the process of
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Welcome to week 1 of the natural dye along. I am so excited to get started. Alright, let’s just dive right in and start some new dye adventures. This is the first time I have held a natural dye along and it seems there is so much to go over this first week. In the
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Last year, I set out to use natural dye to create eight different colors for a quilt I was working on. After, I marked the variety of color in a photograph by writing the dye goods used for each color. I have returned to this photograph on several occasions to remember how this was achieved.
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