Don’t throw out that orange peel just yet—you could turn it into pretty homemade dye! Follow these instructions to make natural dyes from basic grocery store ingredients. Don’t throw out that orange ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Before the dawn of synthetic dyes, all fabric was colored with ...

Wondering how to make natural dyes for wool? How to make natural dyes for cotton? Plant and animal fibers have slightly different requirements, but you can dye both right at home. You might think that ...

Create your own natural colorants and create a mint fabric dye. Take your summer mint abundance and turn it into yellow and green dyes. In A Garden to Dye For (St. Lynn’s, 2014), Chris McLaughlin ...

Mar. 22—Conventional dyes on your clothes may be pretty, but they can also be toxic, both to yourself and to the environment. But there is an alternative. Making your own natural dyes at home is a fun ...

The pandemic has restricted us to our homes and there is no better way to pass the time than to experiment with some of our stuff at home on our own Dye DIYs are taking over at this time, and we are ...

This designer developed a safer, simpler, and healthier solution to conventional fabric dye—using scraps of old fruits and veggies. Nicole Stjernsward, a London-based design technologist, has ...

There are thousands of natural materials that make glorious colors in fabric, from rhubarb and dahlias to indigo and groundnuts. Natural dyeing is an ancient tradition, and the techniques behind this ...

Pigments are uncommon in the textile industry because, unlike dyes, they are insoluble in water and need a binder to stick to fabrics. The acrylic and polyurethane binders typically used can make ...