I love to grow my own food a much as much possible as I can in our small city garden. Over last year I have been making raised bed/ planter from pallets. These pallets are found by skips, building sites and warehouses nearby where I live. I have not paid for them at all. Yes […]
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Here is a blog post on setting up equipment for indigo fabric dyeing. Recently I have started to experiment with indigo dyeing at home. I had great success being it my first time. I have always love natural dyeing. As it’s something that is easy to achieve at home without the need of space or
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I have recently been printing on fabric again. This time I am doing block printing on fabric. I have previously used to print using mono-printing on a silk screen. This is where a squeegee is used to pull the paint across. However by doing that it makes a messy and tedious process. Block printing on
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This a blog post on natural (plant-based) mordants in fabric dyeing. Nowadays there is a big wave of saving the planet and environment. The textiles industry has been going in the same way too. Using more eco /environmentally friendly products that cause less harm to the earth in the process. I have previously written two
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Here is a blog post of putting metallic prints on paper. another term or name for it can be foil heat transferring technique. As basically you are transferring foil effects from a special heat transferable material to the fabric. Foil printing is not a new printing technique. It is widely use in t-shirt printing for
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Here is a blog on fabric dyeing with carrot tops. I am using wild carrots tops which are easily found in the woods sometime around summertime. Also known as Queen Anne’s lace or Daucus carota as the flowers resembled of lace patterns. One can also use domestic edible carrot tops from supermarkets or homegrown. It
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Here is a blog post on how to make fabric printing paste. I am using synthetic and natural dyes in this post. Yes, I do understand the fabric design world is moving into natural dyes. As it’s better for the planet. I have later also decided to move to natural dyes but I do feel
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