Dye With Your Local Plants

make beautiful natural dyes from the plants on your doorstep

enrol now for £47
Take a look outside...

There are dye plants all around you waiting to be discovered.

A vibrant pot of botanical dye is just around the corner.

Tap into nature and gather local leaves, flowers and tree cones to create a spectrum of colour.

DO you –

  • Desire to feel more connected to nature?
  • Dream of creating something beautiful from your local environment?
  • Feel passionate about sustainability and using what you already have around you?

If you nodded along to any of those, then I suspect you’ll like this...

Introducing...

Dye With Your Local Plants

Dye fabric in a beautiful palette of local colours using leaves, flowers & tree cones that grow on your doorstep.

No matter where you live in the world, my tried and tested recipes will guide you to create vibrant, unique hues.

“I found this course incredibly helpful! I love how Rebecca gives principles that you can apply to the native flora within your country. The course was really easy to follow and explain well with videos and text! I would highly recommend this course if you are keen to naturally dye fabric!”

— May-Lyn (student)

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Can you make a cup of tea?

Then you can dye with plants. It really doesn’t have to be much more complicated than that.

I have so many secrets to share with you, so you can avoid the overwhelm and get great results.

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Lovely words from a student...

“Rebecca’s step-by-step teaching is easy to follow, and I always enjoy learning something new from her.

This class will inspire you to look for local plants to dye natural fabric. It will also guide you on how to prepare and mordant your fabric for dyeing, along with showing you how to dye with different plants. Finally, you will learn how to turn the beautifully dyed fabric into ribbons.

Learning how to rip the silk I dyed into ribbons was so much fun, and then I loved using them to wrap packages.”

– Desiree bell

Preview the course

What you’ll learn

Dye fabric with local plants

  • How to get started foraging for local dyes; types of plants to look for.
  • Easily adapt the recipes to other plants.
  • Dye cellulose/plant fabric e.g. bamboo, cotton or linen.
  • Dye silk e.g. silk habotai.
  • Prepare the fabric before dyeing (mordanting), to ensure the dyes last after washing. Choose from different mordant recipes.

Dye with foraged leaves

  • Gather local leaves for your dye pot (tips for plants to look for).
  • The video shows the recipe with hawthorn leaves, but the beauty of natural dyeing is that it can be easily adapted to other local plants and herbs.
  • Extract the most dye from your plants whilst keeping the colours bright.

Dye with flowers

  • The video class shows the dyeing process for butterfly bush (buddleja) flowers.
  • Gather wild or homegrown blooms, e.g. goldenrod, gorse, marigolds, cosmos, coreopsis.
  • Create the brightest dye colours from your flowers without overheating and turning the dye brown.

Dye with tree cones

  • The video shows the dyeing process for alder cones.
  • Use the recipe with other plants such as pinecones, redwood cones, acorns and gallnuts/oak galls.
  • The method works with any tannin rich plants.
  • Dip your dyed fibres into iron/rust water to darken the colours.

Darken colours with rust

  • Dip your dyed fabric into iron/rust water.
  • Widen your colour palette – you get two colours per dye!
  • Yellow changes to green, pink turns to dusky brown/purple, gold darkens to a bronze/brown.

Turn your fabric into ribbons

  • Transform your fabric into ribbons of any width.
  • Use the ribbons to wrap gifts, tie bouquets or use for various craft projects.
Just imagine...

You gather a basketful of goldenrod or gorse flowers, then return home and make a pot of vibrant dye.

I’ll show you how to extract dyes from your local plants, so you can create colours through the seasons.

“Going to the woods is going home.”

– John Muir

dye with your local plants

Everything you need to become a confident natural dyer:

  • 12 videos, divided into bitesize chunks. Over 90 minutes in total. Very clear and concise.
  • Subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
  • Detailed written notes and recipes to accompany every video.
  • Access to a private Facebook group where you can ask Rebecca questions and receive additional support. Plus make friends with other natural dyers from around the world and chat about your projects!
  • Ongoing access to the videos and lesson notes. Log into the website at any point to access the course materials.
(Re) connect with nature

Natural dyeing is a perfect opportunity to explore your local environment.

This course will help you see the world through fresh eyes and soon enough, you’ll be spotting dye potential everywhere.

Explore your local colour...

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£47

  • 90 minutes of bite-size videos.
  • Written dye recipes that you can easily refer to.
  • Access to a private Facebook group for support & guidance.
  • Lifetime access to the videos and lessons. Log into your account to view the classes at any point.
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Meet your instructor

Hi, I’m Rebecca!

Over the last decade, I’ve taught thousands of people natural dyeing via my books and online courses.

Years ago, I started off dyeing with powdered dye extracts that I bought online. Although these were beautiful, I longed to feel more of a connection to my local environment.

Then, everything changed when I became a mother. I’d go on long walks with my baby and return with my pockets stuffed full of plants. Alder cones and dandelions were some of the first local dyes I tried.

Then, as my son got older, he would help me forage for plants too. Together, we learnt about the different trees and “weeds” growing around us. A lot of sweet memories were captured on cloth.

I realised that I didn’t need to spend money on dyes, as I had an array of beautiful dye plants right on my doorstep.

Ever since then, I’ve been on a journey of discovery in search of new colours from my local plants. There’s always something new to discover from nature.

Join me in my studio where I share my dyeing secrets and inspire you to unlock the colour from the plants around you.

I want to join you, Rebecca!

Enrol for £47, with lifetime access

Frequently Asked Questions

After you’ve placed your order, you’ll be asked to create an account and choose a password. Then you can log in to your account on any device or computer to access the content. You’ll be able to watch the videos and read the course notes at any point.

You’ll have lifetime access, so you’ll be able to watch the videos and access the other course materials for as long as they are available on the internet, which will be many years.

Some of the videos in this course are in my membership (get access for a monthly cost).

Or you can get lifetime access right now in Dye With Your Local Plants for a one-off payment.

The extra videos in this course include:

  • How to get started foraging in the local environment.
  • Dye with alder cones.
  • Use iron water to transform your colours.

Yes, of course! After enrolling into the course, you’ll have access to my private Facebook group where you can post any questions and I’ll help you.

You’ll need: a heat source, a metal pot (ideally with a lid), a spoon for stirring, a sieve, a muslin cloth for straining and a large bowl, and rubber gloves.

To prepare your fibres before dyeing, you can either use soy(a) milk on plant fibres, or tannin and alum. For silk, the recipe uses alum. For the soya milk method, you also need a bucket to soak your fabric.

You can dye any natural fibres.

The videos in the course show bamboo silk (vegan “silk”) and silk habotai being dyed. These fabrics make great ribbons. You can apply the dye method to any natural fibres.

The course covers dyeing techniques for:

  • cellulose/plant fibres e.g. cotton, bamboo, hemp.
  • silk e.g. silk habotai which is excellent for making ribbons.

This course is for you if:

  • You’re ready to embrace the beautiful imperfections in nature.
  • You’d like to feel more connected to the seasons.
  • You’re looking to bring more moments of mindfulness into your life

This course is NOT for you if:

  • You’d like to dye perfectly repeatable patterns.
  • You’re not interested in foraging local plants and experimenting with their colour potential.
  • You’d rather buy powdered dye extracts.
Are you ready to join me and begin natural dyeing?
Let’s do this together!

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