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Paper aged with coffee or tea for handmade vintage journals, junk journals, cintage writing journals and other creative projects

Solar Dyeing With Turmeric: Several months ago I participated in FibreShare.org, a fiber sharing/gifting match-up thing. Kind of like RedditGifts, but more fun. The person who received me as a match sent me a bunch of a great stuff in addition to fiber/yarn, like local coffee …

Do you want to learn how to create stunning fabric art with ancient Japanese techniques? In this post, you’ll discover how to do Shibori tie-dye, a fascinating fabric art that involves folding, binding, stitching, clamping, or wrapping fabric before dyeing it. You’ll learn about the history and culture of Shibori, the materials and tools you’ll need, the different techniques and patterns you can try, and the dyeing process and care tips. You’ll also get inspired by some creative ideas for...

Freezer Paper...Resist I pulled out a roll of freezer paper and sliced it up with my rotary cutter... This was FUN and relaxing! I went to the fabric cupboard and pulled out some hand dyes... I ironed the freezer paper strips to the hand dyes... It was enjoyable to create patterns... These are now ready to be over-painted... I am using Speedball and Versatex Screen Printing Inks They leave the hand of the fabric soft. I will roll the inks on with foam rollers... I mix purple and brown inks...

RUST PRINT & DYE TUTORIALS ~ Learn all about RUST DYEING on Fabric and Paper. LEARN HOW TO CREATE INTERESTING PATTERNS AND TEXTURES ON PAPER AND FABRIC WITH RUSTY OBJECTS! You will learn Supplies & tools you need, Safety information, How to make rusty objects, basic rust dyeing techniques, how to create interesting rust textures on paper, making textures & patterns on fabric, bundle dyeing with heat technique, using stencils to create designs, how to set and neutralize your prints

Learn how to make beautiful tea and coffee dyed papers with leaf imprints.

Innovative creativity from PaperArtsy. Paint, stencils, and techniques galore for any mixed media enthusiast to enjoy.

Rust Dye Printing with StencilGirl® Products

Follow this quick glue resist fabric dyeing tutorial, and learn how to use craft glue and fabric paint to add beautiful designs to fabric.

We had fun at Yabbers yesterday with some Indigo and rust dyeing. I'll be using my sheets for some oriental bindings. I mostly used some chinese ricepaper which held together pretty well. Here is the recipe I used for Indigo. Indigo Dyeing 2 litres water 1 heaped tablespoon caustic soda 1 tablespoon thioureadioxide 1 tablespoon indigo Add 1 heaped tblspn NaOH to 2l water add 1/2tspn thiourea dioxide & stir gently to dissolve. Sprinkle 1 tblespn indigo on top stir gently to dissolve then...

I grew up in woods filled with white oak trees. The big beautiful trees would drop their tiny capped seeds each season, covering the ground with a blanket of acorns. As I have experimented more with natural dyeing, I have discovered acorns produce incredible colors in the dye bath. On their own, the

I had a moment of genius-ness yesterday morning. We had wanted to use bleach to make flowers on an article of clothing, but it sort of se...