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The wild dyer A maker's guide to natural dyes with projects to create and stitch

Abigail Booth

Book - 2019

Fabrics colored with natural dyes have a beauty and subtlety all of their own. Onion and avocado skins, chamomile and birch bark, and nettles and acorns can produce lovely, ethereal colors and effects. The Wild Dyer demystifies this eco-conscious art, focusing on foraging and growing dying materials; repurposing kitchen trimmings; making and using long-lasting dyes; and creating stitched projects.

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Subjects
Dyes and dyeing > Textile fibers.
Dyes and dyeing, Domestic.
Dye plants.
Patchwork > Patterns.
Sewing.
Genres
Patterns
Published
Hudson, New York : Princeton Architectural Press 2019.
Language
English
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
159 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781616898410
Main Author
Abigail Booth (author)
  • Introduction
  • Natural color
  • Dye plants & where to find them
  • A dyer's tools & workbench
  • Understanding & preparing fabric
  • Setting up a dye vat
  • Haberdashery & textile care
  • In the kitchen. A kitchen palette ; Hand-stitched coasters; Patchwork place mats
  • The dyer's garden. A dyer's harvest ; Growing plants form seed ; Harvest bag ; Gardener's smock ; Dyeing with woad & madder
  • Summer foraging. Shades of summer ; Dyer's apron ; Foraging bag
  • Autumn foraging. Tones of autumn ; Patchwork cushions ; Strip-pieced blanket ; Oak gall ink
  • List of dye plants.

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