Natural Kitchen Dyes

“This fun collection will be a valuable addition to any DIY library.” -Publishers Weekly

With Natural Kitchen Dyes you can explore the magical world of natural dyes, without the need of a garden full of dye plants. Our kitchens are a great source of natural dye colors, from vegetable peels that create blush pinks and peaches, fruit skins that make lemon yellows, a green dye sourced from carrot tops, dried spices and used tea bags to create vibrant yellows, rich terracottas and deep browns. Natural Kitchen Dyes takes you through the exciting process of creating these wonderful natural colors, dyeing fabric with the dyes and suggests ingenious ways to get your hands on some natural dye sources. Accompanying the natural dye recipes in the book are ten environmentally conscious projects, which have been created not only to show off the natural dyes beautifully, but to help eliminate waste. Several of the projects actually utilize waste that would otherwise be composted or recycled such as old clothes turned into bags and patchwork floor cushions, to dried pulses past their expiration date used to make a beaded necklace.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Collecting
Fabrics
Tools
Soya milk
Colour fast, fugitive and pH sensitive dyes
Dye basics
Dye recipes
Ink & printing
Modifiers
Other dyes

The projects
1. Gift wrap
2. Chickpea necklace
3. Wall hanging.
4. T-shirt bag
5. Wax food wraps
6. Steam printed top
7. Patchwork jeans
8. Raffia basket
9. Lunch bags & cutlery keeper
10. Floor cushion