HOW TO MAKE NATURAL DYE WITH BLUE SPRUCE | ORGANIC COLOR | IRON WATER | BLUE GRAY | MODIFIER

Do you have blue spruce in your neighborhood? If so, grab yourself a few boughs and chop them up in your dye pot! By adding iron water to your brew, you can coax out the bluish tint from this evergreen to create gorgeous cool grays. This tutorial will show you how to identify & brew dye from a blue spruce, shift color with iron water and the resulting color swatch samples (cotton, bamboo & silk) with various mordants.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction - Blue spruce dye
1:30 Foraging for blue spruce
2:40 How to identify blue spruce
6:02 Supplies
6:42 How to make blue spruce dye
8:44 How to shift color with iron water
9:11 Color samples on cotton, bamboo & silk
10:26 Blue spruce dye wrap up
11:33 Sneak peek of next tutorial
12:48 Blooper

SUPPLY LIST
Blue spruce cuttings
Pot with lid
Measuring cup
Strainer
Spoon
Clippers
Gardening gloves
Scale
Pre-mordanted textile
Iron Water & supplies including:
Measuring spoon
Gloves
Small strainer

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