Learn how to;
- Dye natural fabric such as cotton, hemp, wool, linen + more
- Use safe mordants to make the fabric colorfast, so that the colour won't fade as quickly
- Work with different botanicals to get desired pigments. Including blue Indigo vats.
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Make simple dye baths with locally grown & foraged plants. Along with exotic plants to create shades of yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, rust, coral, beige, light brown & grey. And difficult green.
- How to create enchanting eco-plant prints, using both beginner and advanced methods.
- Along with TIE DYE & clay resist prints!!
Get hands-on experience!
You will get a chance to create flower & leaf prints on your very own cloth napkin. All materials provided
Throughout my experimentations. Not all formulas gave good results. Pigments would wash out right away. Materials were hard to source. Prints not highly visible.
After many hours spent on trial & error, I found safe, time-saving, high-quality formulas!! So that you can get an easy start on this beautiful craft, and acquire these lost skills.
Why join an in-person live class, instead of watching YouTube tutorials?
Have you ever gone down the internet rabbit hole? One blog or video turns into another, and then another. All the while 3 hours or so later, you have a bunch of questions piling up, hoping to get a response by leaving a comment. And running out of time to keep on researching.
By attending a live class, you'll get all your questions answered on the spot. Meet like-minded people.
And learn all my formulas pro-tips & secrets within 2 hours!
You'll walk away with a step-by-step guide and a list of where to buy all supplies for future projects
Let your creativity flow again. And feel like an empowered, skilled textile dyer, walking around wearing a garment with unique colors and prints! 😍
Class size is limited to 30 participants
Buy your tickets before we sell out!
Location: NW Calgary.
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