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 teal! I didn’t know if it would work on cellulose as I’ve read that it’s best on protein fibres, but I’m thrilled with the results.
Tag: Indigo
My first organic woad vat
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.Continue Reading →
Indigo daybed
I dyed a length of fabric for a customer in Brazil a few weeks ago and she was planning on making it into a daybed cover. I just received the photos of the final thing and I love it!
The fabric is a satin weave organic cotton and it was dyed with natural indigo. It’s the biggest piece of fabric I’ve ever dyed; at 3 m in length and 1.6 m in width it was quite tricky to fold up to make the pattern!