Articles + Tutorials

I moved home a few weeks ago and have been organising lots of fairly urgent house renovations. What do home decorating and natural dyeing have in c...

Have you wondered what kind of dye pot to use? Does it matter? Can you use one of your kitchen pans? I’m going to share some hints and tips in this...

Update: the magazine is now available to order here. I have something very special to share with you today… I’ve been secretly working on a project...

This is one of the most exciting tutorials I’ve shared in a long time. I can't wait to show you how I made this walnut printing ink! I was very k...

This summer I've made dyes from a few flowers from my garden. In this blog post, I’ll share my dye notes and colour swatches for three colours of b...

If you follow me on Instagram, you might have noticed that I’ve been dyeing lots of tiny clothes and hats lately. Well, what I didn’t share is tha...

Today I'm sharing a very simple tutorial on how to scrunch dye an item of clothing with avocado skin dye.   The avocado dyeing method in this blog ...

I'm thrilled to announce that Botanical Dyes on Wood is out now in PAPERBACK!   I've been dyeing wooden beads for years and I'm excited to share m...

This is my first year with a garden, and I dreamt of growing EVERYTHING – vegetables, herbs, flowers, dye plants – you name it! It’s very easy to g...

If you’ve read Botanical Colour at your Fingertips, you'll be familiar with pretreating fabric with soya (soy) milk. It’s a method for preparing fa...

One of the simplest ways to make colour from plants is to scrunch leaves or petals in your fingers and rub directly onto paper. My son was so impr...

Today I have a guest post for you written by Jule Kebelmann from Hey Mama Wolf. Jule shows us how to extract dye from plants and create a lake pigm...