Blues - Purples

Weld + Logwood + Cochineal on Glen Plaid

This piece of glen plaid wool was dyed using a technique similar to spot-dyeing that acid dyers use. The dyes include:

DYES USED IN THIS LISTING:

WELD (Reseda luteola) has been used by natural dyers for centuries and is known as the most color fast of all the yellows.Starting from seed, I organically grew and harvested the weld used to dye this spectacular yellow. My entire front yard is dedicated to plants that produce dye pigment and/or attract pollinators. The bees particularly love all the tiny flowers that bloom during the second year of this biennial plant.

LOGWOOD comes from the heartwood of the logwood tree (Haematoxylon campechianum) and grows in Mexico, Central and South America and parts of Africa and India. It produces purples, reds, blues, and blacks, which are hard to achieve with natural dyes. I source my logwood from Maiwa.

COCHINEAL is a small insect that lives on prickly pear, and produces everything from pink to crimson, to purple to magenta. It is one of the oldest colorfast red dyes out there and has been used by native populations in the Americas for over a thousand years. I use sustainably sourced cochineal purchased from Maiwa.

SIZES:

NOTE: This listing is for one fat quarter yard.

Fat quarter - approximately 16" x 26"-28"

All wool shrinks differently. Felting occurs naturally during the dyeing process, giving the wool a lovely soft hand.

I use only natural dyes that have a proven track record for being color fast. Like all fabric that has been dyed, however, prolonged exposure to direct sunlight will cause fading (think of those south-facing display windows we see with faded clothing).

All my wool listings are small batch. Please purchase what you need for your project because color matching will be impossible!

I hope you enjoy creating with these naturally dyed wools as much as I love creating them!

Indigo Shibori

This piece was dyed in an organic indigo vat using Japanese techniques (shibori) for creating patterns.

SIZES:

NOTE: This listing is per fat quarter. Smaller pieces can be cut from the yard into the sizes below.

Fat quarter - approximately 16" x 26"-28"

Fat half -       approximately 32" x 26"-28" [if you prefer a regular half yard, message me!]

1 yard - approximately 32" x 52"-56"

All wool shrinks differently. Felting occurs naturally during the dyeing process, giving the wool a lovely soft hand.

PLEASE NOTE:

I will cut to the size ordered. If you order 1 yard, it will be one piece of wool. If you'd like me to cut the yard into fat quarters or fat eighths, message me rather than ordering 4 fat quarters (which will cost $88, rather than the discounted $80).

I use only natural dyes that have a proven track record for being color fast. Like all fabric that has been dyed, however, prolonged exposure to direct sunlight will cause fading (think of those south-facing display windows we see with faded clothing).

All my wool listings are small batch. Please purchase what you need for your project because color matching will be impossible!

I hope you enjoy creating with these naturally dyed wools as much as I love creating them!

NATURAL DYES USED IN THIS LISTING

All pieces in this bundle were dyed using cochineal. One piece was overdyed in indigo.

COCHINEAL: a small insect that lives on prickly pear, produces everything from pink to crimson, to purple to magenta. It is one of the oldest colorfast red dyes out there and has been used by native populations in the Americas for over a thousand years. I use sustainably sourced cochineal purchased from Maiwa.

INDIGO: I grow Japanese indigo and supplement with indigo that is sustainably sourced purchased from Maiwa.

SIZES:

NOTE: This listing is for a bundle that includes 5 fat 1/16ths.

Fat eighth -  approximately 16" x 6.5"-7"

All wool shrinks differently. Felting occurs naturally during the dyeing process, giving the wool a lovely soft hand.

I use only natural dyes that have a proven track record for being color fast. Like all fabric that has been dyed, however, prolonged exposure to direct sunlight will cause fading (think of those south-facing display windows we see with faded clothing).

All my wool listings are small batch. Please purchase what you need for your project because color matching will be impossible!

I hope you enjoy creating with these naturally dyed wools as much as I love creating them!

NATURAL DYES USED IN THIS LISTING:

This piece was dyed first with coshineal for the base layer, overdyed with walnut, and finally overdyed in indigo.

NATURAL DYES USED IN THIS LISTING

COCHINEAL: a small insect that lives on prickly pear, produces everything from pink to crimson, to purple to magenta. It is one of the oldest colorfast red dyes out there and has been used by native populations in the Americas for over a thousand years. I use sustainably sourced cochineal purchased from Maiwa.

INDIGO: I grow Japanese indigo and supplement with indigo that is sustainably sourced purchased from Maiwa.

WALNUT: I have the great fortune to have a walnut tree in my backyard. The old tree gives up plenty of walnuts every fall to use in the dye studio. Walnut provides various browns from tan or khaki to dark chocolate and even black if iron is added.

SIZES:

NOTE: This listing is per fat quarter. I currently have in stock one fat yard (2 yard piece of wool that was cut in half along the selvedge edge). Smaller pieces can be cut from the yard into the sizes below.

Fat quarter - approximately 16" x 26"-28"

Fat half -       approximately 32" x 26"-28"

1 fat yard - approximately 64-66" x 26"-28"

All wool shrinks differently. Felting occurs naturally during the dyeing process, giving the wool a lovely soft hand.

PLEASE NOTE:

I will cut to the size ordered. If you order 1 yard, it will be one piece of wool. If you'd like me to cut the yard into fat quarters or fat eighths, message me rather than ordering 4 fat quarters (which will cost $88, rather than the discounted $80).

I use only natural dyes that have a proven track record for being color fast. Like all fabric that has been dyed, however, prolonged exposure to direct sunlight will cause fading (think of those south-facing display windows we see with faded clothing).

All my wool listings are small batch. Please purchase what you need for your project because color matching will be impossible!

I hope you enjoy creating with these naturally dyed wools as much as I love creating them!

NATURAL DYES USED IN THIS LISTING:

This lovely wool started as a basic glen plaid, which gives the wool an added layer of texture. The wool was dyed first with cochineal for the base layer, then overdyed indigo. The original wool was dyed as one full yard.

NATURAL DYES USED IN THIS LISTING

COCHINEAL: a small insect that lives on prickly pear, produces everything from pink to crimson, to purple to magenta. It is one of the oldest colorfast red dyes out there and has been used by native populations in the Americas for over a thousand years. I use sustainably sourced cochineal purchased from Maiwa.

INDIGO: I grow Japanese indigo and supplement with indigo that is sustainably sourced purchased from Maiwa.

SIZES:

NOTE: This listing is per fat quarter piece. Current stock is one fat half and one fat quarter.

Fat quarter - approximately 16" x 26"-28"

Fat half -       approximately 32" x 26"-28"

All wool shrinks differently. Felting occurs naturally during the dyeing process, giving the wool a lovely soft hand.

I use only natural dyes that have a proven track record for being color fast. Like all fabric that has been dyed, however, prolonged exposure to direct sunlight will cause fading (think of those south-facing display windows we see with faded clothing).

All my wool listings are small batch. Please purchase what you need for your project because color matching will be impossible!

I hope you enjoy creating with these naturally dyed wools as much as I love creating them!