Garden Spells Dye Collection
Plant Dyed
Description The Florin Top dyed in organic coffee grounds to give the garment a more vintage aged look. The original color is a crisp clean white. MordantAluminum Acetate (Alum) helps brighten colors on fibers. Mordanting is crucial in natural dyeing...
Plant Dyed
Description I wanted to give the Simone Camisole a beautiful antiqued aged look and was able to achieve it by dyeing it in organic coffee grounds. The color is a soft cream ecru. MordantAluminum Acetate (Alum) helps brighten colors on...
Plant Dyed
From our Zero Waste "Waste Not, Want Not" accessory collection, this cotton scrunchie was made from fabric remnants from our cutting room floor then hand dyed by yours truly. MordantAluminum Acetate (Alum) helps brighten colors on fibers. Mordanting is crucial...
Plant Dyed
Silk scarves naturally dyed with indigo. MordantSoy Milk Mordanting is crucial in natural dyeing to enhance light and wash fastness. It creates a bond between the fiber and dye molecule and enables natural dyes to last longer and slows down...
Plant Dyed
Description Walnut hull is one of my favorite natural dyes to currently work with giving certain fibers a soft pink brown hue. On silk the color is more peach and it's a stunning color on this silk scarf. Silk Scarf...
Plant Dyed
Description This Dashwood Dress has an alum mordant and went through three dye baths. First coffee, then wattle, and lastly walnut hull to create a soft earthen pink hue with a hint of rose. MordantAluminum Acetate (Alum) helps brighten colors...
Plant Dyed
DescriptionThis Dashwood Dress first dyed with coffee and then dyed in indigo (first extraction) to achieve a medium hued indigo color. MordantAluminum Acetate (Alum) helps brighten colors on fibers. Mordanting is crucial in natural dyeing to enhance light and wash...
Plant Dyed
Description I wanted to achieve an aged/antiqued patina look on the Dashwood Dress which in its original version is a soft off white. By doing a gentle coffee dye with an alum mordant, it gives the Dashwood Dress more of...
Plant Dyed
Description This Simone Camisole was dyed with madder root to achieve a soft warm pink hue and then overdyed with coffee to desaturate the pink hue. MordantAluminum Acetate (Alum) helps brighten colors on fibers. Mordanting is crucial in natural dyeing...
Plant Dyed
Description This Simone Camisole was dyed with madder root giving it a bright warm pink hue and overdyed with coffee to slightly desaturate the base. MordantAluminum Acetate (Alum) helps brighten colors on fibers. Mordanting is crucial in natural dyeing to...
Plant Dyed
Description While I love the Panier Bag in our original Forget Me Not Floral, I wanted to create some versions that felt more antique and vintage. The use of walnut hull achieved this giving the panier bag a more aged...
Plant Dyed
Description While I love the Panier Bag in our original Forget Me Not Floral, I wanted to create some versions that felt more antique and vintage. The use of walnut hull achieved this giving the panier bag a more aged...
Plant Dyed
DescriptionThis Simone Camisole was dyed with indigo (in the final extraction of the dye pot) and then overdyed with a light walnut hull bath to achieve a soft blue hue with a hint of lavender. Size34 MordantAluminum Acetate (Alum) helps...
Plant Dyed
DescriptionThe Adelia Top was dyed with indigo (second extraction of the dye pot) to achieve a soft French inspired blue color. Size36 MordantAluminum Acetate (Alum) helps brighten colors on fibers. Mordanting is crucial in natural dyeing to enhance light and...
Plant Dyed
Description One of my favorite hues is a warm and soft dusty clay pink and this Adelia was dyed with wattle and walnut hull to achieve this beautiful color reminiscent of heritage English roses. MordantAluminum Acetate (Alum) helps brighten colors...
Plant Dyed
DescriptionI wanted to achieve an aged/antiqued patina look on the Dashwood Dress which in its original version is a soft off white. By doing a gentle coffee dye with an alum mordant, it gives the Dashwood Dress more of a...