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How to Get Red Eco-prints with Eucalyptus Eucalyptus Dye, Eco Printing Tutorial, Eco Printing Textiles, Eco Dyeing Fabric, Shaped Fruit, All For Me, Fabric Dyeing Techniques, Diy Dye, Natural Dye Fabric

How to Get Red Eco-prints with Eucalyptus

I’ve just released my new ebook all about eco-printing so I thought this might be a good time to write a quick post about the leaf that started it all for me, eucalyptus! I first learned about eco-printing in my natural dyes and weaving class in college over ten years ago. I saw an example of eucalyptus leaves printed on silk and I was shocked to see they printed a beautiful orange. It took me many years and lots of twists and turns before I finally got a chance to try the method myself and…

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MaryAnne Hildebrand
Eucalyptus Dye
Eco Printing Tutorial
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Shaped Fruit
All For Me
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Diy Dye
Natural Dye Fabric
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5 Different Mordants in Eco Printing

In several previous blogs you have been able to see and read more about the different results in natural dyes when using different mordants.In this blog I want to show you the results in reference to eco printing. The natural juices and tannins present in the leaves leave different prints on fabric and paper when using different mordants. Looking deeper into this will also help understand the effect the mordants have visually on our natural dyes.First; we will look at the way leaves are…

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Pam Harris
Mordants For Eco Printing
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Botanical Printing On Fabric
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Diy Dye
Jamie Young - Natural Dye Educator on Instagram: "Comment PRINT & I’ll send you a ✨free✨ botanical printing tutorial as well as a special discount code for my online, self-paced botanical printing course. 🌿 Q: How does this work? A: Plants are laid on top of damp, pretreated fabric. The fabric and plants are tightly rolled onto a pipe or dowel then bundled with string or fabric. The bundle is placed over water and steamed to transfer the natural dyes from the plants to the fabric. ✨ Q: Don’t the prints just wash away? A: If the fabric is properly pretreated with the correct mordants, the dyes will be bound to the fabric and will withstand wash & wear. Each dye plant contains a unique mixture of phytochemicals that have varying levels of colorfastness. The rate at which prints slowly fad Botanical Fabric Prints, Eco Printing Tutorial, Printing Crafts, Eco Dyeing Fabric, Plant Prints, Eco Dyeing, Bazaar Crafts, Natural Dyeing, Botanical Dyeing

Botanical Fabric Prints

Jamie Young - Natural Dye Educator on Instagram: "Comment PRINT & I’ll send you a ✨free✨ botanical printing tutorial as well as a special discount code for my online, self-paced botanical printing course. 🌿 Q: How does this work? A: Plants are laid on top of damp, pretreated fabric. The fabric and plants are tightly rolled onto a pipe or dowel then bundled with string or fabric. The bundle is placed over water and steamed to transfer the natural dyes from the plants to the fabric. ✨ Q…

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Sophie Amalie
Botanical Fabric Prints
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Eco Dyeing
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