HOW TO MAKE NATURAL DYE WITH FRESH HIBISCUS | ORGANIC COLOR | RED DUSTY PINK MAUVE | GARDEN FORAGE

Hibiscus is a natural way to create dusty pink and mauve dyes for your textile and craft projects. Thanks to the kindness of Marilyn, a Color Quest subscriber, I received fresh hibiscus flowers from her Florida garden to test in my dye studio. If you don't live in a tropical area where hibiscus grows naturally, no problem! You can also use hibiscus tea or dried flowers for a quick and easy organic color alternative. This tutorial will show you all of the organic goodies that Marilyn sent me and how to brew dyes from her garden fresh flowers as well as the resulting color swatch samples on ribbon (cotton, silk, wool) and felted wool pompoms.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro - Fresh hibiscus flower
1:30 Unboxing Marilyn's organic dye matter
8:55 How to make hibiscus dye
14:23 How to scour fibre with soda ash
18:30 How to use soy milk binder
23:38 How to dye fiber with hibiscus
26:01 Fiber color results
26:13 Wrap up
27:04 Sneak peek of next tutorial
27:58 Blooper

SUPPLY LIST
Hibiscus flowers
Soy milk, unsweetened
Soda ash
Pot with lid
Measuring cup
Measuring spoon
Strainer
Spoon
Bowl
Scissors
Ribbon - cotton, silk & wool shown
Wool felted pompoms

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