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Painting with iron water
by Rebecca Desnos
Today I’m going to share a really simple method for making patterns with iron water. Iron or rust water can be use as a “colour changer” with almo...
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Painting with milk & dyeing with tea
by Rebecca Desnos
If you're just dipping your toes into natural dyeing, tea is a great dye to try first. But years later, I still love dyeing with tea. This tutorial...
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A botanical mandala on fabric
by Rebecca Desnos
Find out how I made a botanical mandala print on fabric using the flower hammering/pounding technique. Follow along with my steps and create your o...
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Fresh leaf indigo dyeing - the salt rub method
by Rebecca Desnos
In this blog post I'll share with you my first experiment with fresh leaf indigo dyeing on cellulose fibres. I'm in love with this pretty shade of ...
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Dyeing with nettles
by Rebecca Desnos
One of my favourite plants to dye with in the spring is the stinging nettle - it's one of the plants I most look forward to. The leaves give me a s...
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Red onion skin magic
by Rebecca Desnos
In this blog post I'll share with you the range of shades I made with red onion skins. Such a simple dye plant yields a wide range of colours. It n...
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Playing as part of my design process
by Rebecca Desnos
People often wonder why I dye so many small pieces of fabric in different colours and ask what I do with them all. I've actually considered taking ...
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Working on my dream project
by Rebecca Desnos
My eBook was a little seed of an idea that turned into a really exciting and rewarding project that I completed over 4 months. It wasn't until I st...
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Eco printing experiments
by Rebecca Desnos
Here are some ecoprints from the last couple of months... I find this technique a bit hit or miss but I love the process and the thrill when I unro...
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My first organic woad vat
by Rebecca Desnos
This is something I've been looking forward to for a long time, and a couple of months ago I set up a small organic woad vat to dye blue.
Woad i...
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A pair of avocado zip pouches
by Rebecca Desnos
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Dyeing with carrot tops
by Rebecca Desnos
Carrot top fabric with seaweed dyed fabric; the colours complement each other beautifully.
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