A Garden to Dye for: How to Use Plants from the Garden to Create Natural Colors for Fabrics and Fibers McLaughlin ChrisPevná vazba
A Garden to Dye for: How to Use Plants from the Garden to Create Natural Colors for Fabrics and Fibers McLaughlin ChrisPevná vazba Home-grown botanical dyes are in, and they're part of today's shift…
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A Garden to Dye for: How to Use Plants from the Garden to Create Natural Colors for Fabrics and Fibers McLaughlin ChrisPevná vazba
Home-grown botanical dyes are in, and they're part of today's shift toward natural and organic living. And you don't have to have a degree in chemistry to create your own natural dyes. "A new generation discovers grow-it-yourself dyes," says the New York Times.
A Garden to Dye For shows how super-simple it is to plant and grow a dyer's garden and create beautiful dyes. It just takes a garden plot and a kitchen. Many of these plants may already be in our cutting, cottage or food gardens, ready for double duty.
These special plants can fit right in with traditional garden themes. A Garden to Dye For features 40-plus plants that the gardener-crafter can grow for an all-natural, customized color palette. A dyer's garden can be a mosaic of flowers, herbs, roots and fruits that lend us their pigments to beautify other areas of our lives.
The richly photographed book is divided between the