Mar. 22—Conventional dyes on your clothes may be pretty, but they can also be toxic, both to yourself and to the environment. But there is an alternative. Making your own natural dyes at home is a fun ...

Armed with a hand blender, a bucket, some wild plants and various kitchen cupboard ingredients you can give old clothes a new lease of life Natural dyes have been used throughout history and the first ...

Coloring fiber or fabric with natural dyes can be painstaking work. But to know the dye potential of plants is to have some of the wisdom of the ancients. With the right chemical magic, the red ...

Chances are you don't care so much for the weeds that squeeze through cracks on the side of the road or crop up exactly where you wish they wouldn't in your garden. When Heather Thomas looks at weeds, ...

Plant-based dyeing is big on social media, and an eco-friendly alternative to industrial methods, but what does this ancient craft actually involve? Bel Jacobs talks to experienced practitioners about ...

Hungry? Tintoria di Quaregna, one of the world’s largest commercial dye houses, dishes up rich colors as delicious as the herbs and spices they use to make their all natural, colorfast dyes. The ...

Madder, cochineal, Mauveine; these words may be unfamiliar but they’re the names of dyes made from a plant, an insect and a chemical that have shaped our world. While indigo is arguably the most ...