Natural fabrics

Find out what types of natural fabrics are used in fashion design and how to choose the right ones for your concept wardrobe.

Sustainability and zero waste initiatives are super important, so I tried a natural dyeing technique using avocado, onions, red cabbage and blackberry food scraps. This DIY is so easy on natural fabric like linen and cotton, and made dyeing my reuseable sustainable face masks really fun. Try this fun project at home with your kids to teach them about eco-friendly practices and staying safe. Click to find out how to naturally dye your DIY face coverings, and to see how mine turned out!

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Which fabrics are the worst for the environment and for our skin, and which are the best? Hemp and linen by far the greenest option...polyester

Foraging for Natural Dye Plants - check out this book - awesome photography and maybe recipe for oak gall ink? | Beautiful hand photography!

The range of natural colors produced by my natural dye experiment! Find my crash course to natural dyes on A Beautiful Mess.

I have a few tutorials I would like to share with you, the first is a simple natural dyeing project you can do at home with ingredients that are easy enough to get your hands on. If you've never experimented with natural dyeing before this is a good project to start with, to get you used to the very basic process of dying.

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Natural dyes are different to modern synthetic dyes in many way. They do not pollute or create toxic waste in the same way, they are beautiful to touch & they have a life and soul to them that cannot be compared to chemically derived dyes. Like most things worthwhile, they do require some care in order to maintain their beauty & increase their longevity

Five different natural ingredients used to create this beautiful palette used for a baby quilt.