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Spotlight on Natural Dyeing

PROJECT 2 - SHIBORI NAPKINS

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Getting started

The basic principles

Project 1 - Silk ribbons

Mordanting & preparing the dye

Dyeing the ribbons with madder

Dyeing the ribbons with weld

Dyeing the ribbons with coreopsis

The finished madder and coreopsis ribbons

Dyeing the ribbons with brazilwood

Project 2 - Shibori napkins

Creating pattern

Project 3 - Bundle dyeing

Bundle dyeing - Part 2

Project 2 - Shibori napkins

In your next project together, you’ll be using just one natural dye and applying it to a cellulose fibre this time, cotton. The mordanting process for cellulose fibres is slightly different, and Sian takes you through step by step.

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