I dyed my paper with root beet selfmade Juice, and used this Paper for diy travelers notebook it was gorjuss color, but the smell is not for everyone.Your look really good
Lovely! I've used loquat leaves in the past. They produce a soft pink and they act as their own mordant. I'm so glad you linked a playlist of haulternatives! I've been trying to search for good videos under that tag, but I usually just end up on someone's channel who slid in a haulternative between fast fashion or Wish hauls. I know every little bit counts, but...
This video inspired me to dye some clothes I was about to get rid of because of stains that were not coming out. I got some natural indigo dye. It was hit and miss. Some clothes I forgot to check the labels; the cotton poly blends did not catch the dye....live and learn.....The hemp cotton blend t shirt I have came out tie dyed even though I did not tie rubber bands around. Interesting outcome. The kids stained T-shirts came out the best. Just tied some rubber bands and dipped in the dye. They really love their “new” t shirts.
My Green Closet That sounds pretty advanced. I had no idea about checking the ph and reducing the vat. Just got an indigo kit on Etsy and went for it without giving it much thought. Thanks for the tip. I will keep that in mind for next time. My daughter really wants to do some tie dying. Will do more research this time and make sure I check the labels first. :). I got best results with organic cotton btw.
My Green Closet Great suggestions. I actually have turmeric already. Used it before to color soap. It’s a nice hue. Will look into madder root. I really appreciate Your input. Love Your channel btw.
Wow, that purple cabbage is cool. I had a batik supplier who use mango leaves as a dye to make sandy or camel yellowish brown and teak leaves to make burgundy color. She usually soaks the fabric overnight before boiling to remove the wax. Made super pretty color combo batik too.
Greetings from Germany! 😍 I found your channel with this video and I'm really surprised to find so much good videos of minimalism, eco fashion and other good topics. I like your clean style, even in the background of your youtube videos - Keep it up! 💛
Thanks for the tutorial. I would like to know, how do you seal the color? do you ad vinager or salt at all? like with other pigments? or it sets pretty well in the fabric for a while? thanks again.
Awesome. Love it. The red cabbage is a hoot. It could be a fun prank to play or not...... I know it would freak people out to change the color of your clothing before their eyes.
why do you suggest using a separate pot for coloring the fabrics? I don’t have an extra one & they are pricey. since we are using foods to color the fabrics & not toxic dyes, I don’t understand the reason for a separate pot- please inform me
You don't know what the fabric has previously been dyed or treated with (heavy metals like lead and chemicals such as fromaldahyde are used in dyeing and have been found in clothing) so I wouldn't recommend using tools you cook and eat from. Try to see if you can get an old pot secondhand - it doesn't have to be a good one. Often you can find them at thrift stores or people will sell them fairly cheaply on resale sites
Vinegar doesn't actually do much to set natural dyes and with some dyes can make it fade faster. The only way to help the colour last is to properly mordant your fabrics but it can be a complicated process, so for beginners (which this video is geared to) I just recommend re-dyeing as it fades. If you'd like more info on mordanting the Maiwa guide which I've linked in the description is a great resource!
My Green Closet Thank you for replying so quickly. I’d like to tie dye some shirts I have using onion peels, I just wanted to make sure that they could last as long as possible but I think I might just have to end up re-dying them. how often do you find that you have to redo your clothes. Also I read that plunging them in salt water could also help set the dye?
This is such a neat video, I would have never thought to try dying my own clothes. I'm curious if turmeric (perhaps in powdered form) might work and produce a really vibrant yellow?
Unfortunately black is pretty difficult - most just give a dark brown or grey. Walnut hulls or oak galls are supposed to work but I think you probably need to add iron too, and even then I haven't really seen anyone get true black.
Ooh you made a video about the topic I asked for! Loved it! 😊 Washing these dyed clothes wil be tricky, but I'm temped to try it! I've found somewhere that soaking your garment first in warm water with salt can work as an adhesive, is that correct? Furthermore, love that you are participating as usual in fashion revolution week, it's people like you who really are making a difference in spreading awareness, keep up the good work. :) More and more people are reflecting on this topic I think/hope. Hopefully one day fair fashion could be the norm for everyone.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😄 Salt can help depending on the dye and fabric, I'm not totally sure but I think it's recommended for cotton and berry/fruit dyes. And thank you so much! I also hope it will become the norm 💚
Omg omg omg omg i was very shoookk because i found this video!!!!!! LITERALLY ALL PEOPLES IS USING BLEACH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND IT WAS FAIL (i was try) AND IM VERY MAD AND BOOM!!!! I SAW THIS VIDEO OMG I LIKE IT!!!! THANKS FOR THE IDEAS AND INFORMATION 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💞💞💞💞💞🙏🙏🙏✨✨✨
Hi! I know this video is long time ago but i need to share a tip for you as i know how dyeing can be. So when you are dyeing your clothes with natural dyes with vegetables and fruits and u are putting hot water to boil the dye then add some salt and white vinegar the very moment u are dyeing it so the colours of the dye stays in your clothes. When u put the salt or white vinegar into the dye the colour will never fades out. U could also do this with artificial dyes too. So that is my experience with my fashion and textile classes. Hope that help u and i hoping u see my comment.😊😅😂
Salt and/or vinegar only work with very specific dye materials and certain fabrics. Even though it's more effort, I generally recommend mordanting with alum, tannin, or soy (depending on the dye material and fabric) for colour-fastness over a salt or vinegar fixative, I've found it to be a lot more effective!
@@MyGreenCloset thanks for sharing this with me. 😊 I only know through youtube video that they put vinegar or salt in it and also my teacher share this tip to me to add this. So when I saw your video and see u didn't put salt and say that it fades the colour away from your clothes. So i thought to share my little experience with u. 😅 Hope it didn't mind u.
@@laxmiramanaick2312 Don't mind at all! I didn't get into mordanting/fixing because it can get very complex and there's lots to learn, so I think for a simple DIY it's okay to avoid. I've linked some resources in the description though which have more details and information if people want to learn more about natural dyeing. :)
You don't know what the garment was previously dyed or treated with, so boiling that into your cookware might not be a good idea (flame retardants, heavy metals, and plastics are just a few of the things found in clothing dyes and treatments). It's always best to be safe and not put previously dyed/treated clothing in your cookware.
Dark green can be challenging - ironically so many plants are green but not many produce green dye. Personally I would try dyeing it blue with indigo and then over-dyeing it yellow with something like turmeric to get green. Indigo is not a beginners dye though so it's best to take a workshop if you're interested.
Oow I like to sub you.. Some Times I make Natural Dye Colors too foor my Ecoprint or Tradisional Batik. Terminalia Katapa, Rambutan peels, Manggoes leaves + curcuma, coconut peels, secang with brown sugar .. Regards n cheers from 🇮🇩 Indonesia.
It's always a good idea to use a separate pot. Some plant materials used for dyeing aren't edible, mordants can be toxic, and you don't know what the garment/fabric has previously been dyed with (there are a lot of issues with dyes), so it's always good to just be safe and avoid using anything also used for cooking food.
You can often find great pieces at the thrift store. Personally I have no issues with buying it secondhand - it saves resources, prevents things from going to the landfill, and you aren't supporting unethical farming/practices.
Really silk isn’t ethical? The silk farmer i know don’t kill their silk worms by boiling the cocoon but rather made an illustionary track to make the silk worms think that they’re making cocoon. So they practically harvest woven silk thread every 10-12 weeks. They also grow lots of mulberries to feed those silk worms.
My Green Closet I really don’t know much but that was the most traditional way to do it in China. I found out from my grandma and to this day only found 2 places who still doing it the old way. The cocoon boiling apparently was a newer more practical method to increase production. One of those places is here in Indonesia and the owner wants to keep it the old way. They practically refusing orders from big textile and garment companies as it is. Maybe you can look up silk production history ? Perhaps soneone out there post it that went back all the way to the Tang dynasty? Sorry
Kuku Boo i wish they do, coz it took me a few months going through my “grape vines” to find them. The one here in indonesia is easier to find coz they mostly support the hand batik industry but the one in China there’s no way to find them if you don’t have any contact in textile industry. I used to import & export textile for batik so that was how i manage to find them. They always operating at full capacity that even I couldn’t always get my supplies of silk. I still buy from the one here, their leftover fabric that is. I use them for handkerchief and fashion appliquè
Ah love this! My roommate is always dying clothes with indigo, beets, and onions so I love that you made a video out of this idea! So rad
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!! PLEASE REPLY TO ME💀💀💀💀
I dyed my paper with root beet selfmade Juice, and used this Paper for diy travelers notebook it was gorjuss color, but the smell is not for everyone.Your look really good
Lovely! I've used loquat leaves in the past. They produce a soft pink and they act as their own mordant. I'm so glad you linked a playlist of haulternatives! I've been trying to search for good videos under that tag, but I usually just end up on someone's channel who slid in a haulternative between fast fashion or Wish hauls. I know every little bit counts, but...
This video inspired me to dye some clothes I was about to get rid of because of stains that were not coming out. I got some natural indigo dye. It was hit and miss. Some clothes I forgot to check the labels; the cotton poly blends did not catch the dye....live and learn.....The hemp cotton blend t shirt I have came out tie dyed even though I did not tie rubber bands around. Interesting outcome. The kids stained T-shirts came out the best. Just tied some rubber bands and dipped in the dye. They really love their “new” t shirts.
That's really cool!
Indigo is tricky though, did you reduce the vat and make sure the ph is correct? If not it often won't give the best results.
My Green Closet That sounds pretty advanced. I had no idea about checking the ph and reducing the vat. Just got an indigo kit on Etsy and went for it without giving it much thought.
Thanks for the tip. I will keep that in mind for next time. My daughter really wants to do some tie dying. Will do more research this time and make sure I check the labels first. :). I got best results with organic cotton btw.
You might want to try turmeric or you can also get powdered madder root for dyeing, (it's a nice reddish colour) both are simpler than indigo.
My Green Closet Great suggestions. I actually have turmeric already. Used it before to color soap. It’s a nice hue. Will look into madder root. I really appreciate Your input. Love Your channel btw.
Those pieces turned out beautiful!
Wow, that purple cabbage is cool. I had a batik supplier who use mango leaves as a dye to make sandy or camel yellowish brown and teak leaves to make burgundy color. She usually soaks the fabric overnight before boiling to remove the wax. Made super pretty color combo batik too.
Nice! Batik is lovely! :)
Such a unique video! I always admire the colour of purple cabbage because it is so vibrant! Love that you used it for dying in this video :)
It's such a fun dye to use!
I love eating it but yeah it does stain! 😂
You blew my mind with the red cabbage pH sensitivity bit!!!🤯
What a creative #haulternative video - loved learning about this! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!! :)
When you use a mordant or a fixer the red cabbage won't change colours and the pH won't be affected.
Greetings from Germany! 😍 I found your channel with this video and I'm really surprised to find so much good videos of minimalism, eco fashion and other good topics. I like your clean style, even in the background of your youtube videos - Keep it up! 💛
Are we supposed to use any mordant?
Should we also add vinigar
Woah, those colors are beautiful!!!
Ur explain is so remarkable 🖒
Im in beginning to learn dye fabric.
& tanck u
Thanks for the tutorial. I would like to know, how do you seal the color? do you ad vinager or salt at all? like with other pigments? or it sets pretty well in the fabric for a while? thanks again.
How do you use the potato starch to make that splotchy colour and can you do it with the onion skins?
Can cayenne pepper be used as a dye for fabrics? I have been thinking of mixing it into acrylic medium for use in paintings.
How we can fix the colors to the fabric, in order to avoid the fading colors after washing?
Love the Natural Colours ~
will the color wash out of clothes?
Awesome. Love it. The red cabbage is a hoot. It could be a fun prank to play or not...... I know it would freak people out to change the color of your clothing before their eyes.
Red cabbage tho nhi aati ha mp ma what to do??
Hello do you have a video showing how to make the suede look? Ty!
No sorry, I did it years ago before I started making videos.
Why do you said to don't mix dying equipment and cooking equipment?
What does color fast mean?
why do you suggest using a separate pot for coloring the fabrics? I don’t have an extra one & they are pricey. since we are using foods to color the fabrics & not toxic dyes, I don’t understand the reason for a separate pot- please inform me
You don't know what the fabric has previously been dyed or treated with (heavy metals like lead and chemicals such as fromaldahyde are used in dyeing and have been found in clothing) so I wouldn't recommend using tools you cook and eat from. Try to see if you can get an old pot secondhand - it doesn't have to be a good one. Often you can find them at thrift stores or people will sell them fairly cheaply on resale sites
Wow I love This so much but what would I have to use to dye something red ??
Madder root is the best for red. You can order it from natural dye suppliers.
My Green Closet ohh okay thank you very much for that ❤️❤️
You didn’t mention the use of vinegar to set the dye how do you make dye last longer
Vinegar doesn't actually do much to set natural dyes and with some dyes can make it fade faster. The only way to help the colour last is to properly mordant your fabrics but it can be a complicated process, so for beginners (which this video is geared to) I just recommend re-dyeing as it fades. If you'd like more info on mordanting the Maiwa guide which I've linked in the description is a great resource!
My Green Closet Thank you for replying so quickly. I’d like to tie dye some shirts I have using onion peels, I just wanted to make sure that they could last as long as possible but I think I might just have to end up re-dying them. how often do you find that you have to redo your clothes. Also I read that plunging them in salt water could also help set the dye?
This is such a neat video, I would have never thought to try dying my own clothes. I'm curious if turmeric (perhaps in powdered form) might work and produce a really vibrant yellow?
Yeah! Turmeric is great for dyeing!
Would this method work with spinach?
WOW! What a unique and creative idea - love the onion skin . So great for spring!
Nice short video that gets you into the subject, thnk you!
How long I can keep the color?
I want to dye my clothes black, what should I use? Will charcoal powder work?
Unfortunately black is pretty difficult - most just give a dark brown or grey. Walnut hulls or oak galls are supposed to work but I think you probably need to add iron too, and even then I haven't really seen anyone get true black.
My Green Closet thanks :)
What about beetroot instead of red cabbage for the purple dye !?
It's barely colourfast and ironically fades very quickly to a pale pink and tends to turn yellow overtime.
now I wonder.... if u could use the second ingredient for your hair as hair dye.
This is amazing!
How to fix after dyeing cloth please tell me
So what if I'm allergic to these vegetables could I still technically wear them? 🤔
Ooh you made a video about the topic I asked for! Loved it! 😊 Washing these dyed clothes wil be tricky, but I'm temped to try it! I've found somewhere that soaking your garment first in warm water with salt can work as an adhesive, is that correct? Furthermore, love that you are participating as usual in fashion revolution week, it's people like you who really are making a difference in spreading awareness, keep up the good work. :) More and more people are reflecting on this topic I think/hope. Hopefully one day fair fashion could be the norm for everyone.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😄 Salt can help depending on the dye and fabric, I'm not totally sure but I think it's recommended for cotton and berry/fruit dyes.
And thank you so much! I also hope it will become the norm 💚
Omg omg omg omg i was very shoookk because i found this video!!!!!! LITERALLY ALL PEOPLES IS USING BLEACH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND IT WAS FAIL (i was try) AND IM VERY MAD AND BOOM!!!! I SAW THIS VIDEO OMG I LIKE IT!!!! THANKS FOR THE IDEAS AND INFORMATION 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💞💞💞💞💞🙏🙏🙏✨✨✨
Hi! I know this video is long time ago but i need to share a tip for you as i know how dyeing can be. So when you are dyeing your clothes with natural dyes with vegetables and fruits and u are putting hot water to boil the dye then add some salt and white vinegar the very moment u are dyeing it so the colours of the dye stays in your clothes. When u put the salt or white vinegar into the dye the colour will never fades out. U could also do this with artificial dyes too. So that is my experience with my fashion and textile classes. Hope that help u and
i hoping u see my comment.😊😅😂
Salt and/or vinegar only work with very specific dye materials and certain fabrics. Even though it's more effort, I generally recommend mordanting with alum, tannin, or soy (depending on the dye material and fabric) for colour-fastness over a salt or vinegar fixative, I've found it to be a lot more effective!
@@MyGreenCloset thanks for sharing this with me. 😊 I only know through youtube video that they put vinegar or salt in it and also my teacher share this tip to me to add this. So when I saw your video and see u didn't put salt and say that it fades the colour away from your clothes. So i thought to share my little experience with u. 😅 Hope it didn't mind u.
@@laxmiramanaick2312 Don't mind at all! I didn't get into mordanting/fixing because it can get very complex and there's lots to learn, so I think for a simple DIY it's okay to avoid. I've linked some resources in the description though which have more details and information if people want to learn more about natural dyeing. :)
This wont rot my yarn?
Why shouldn’t you dye with kitchen equipment if you’re not using mordants and only use foods for dyeing?
You don't know what the garment was previously dyed or treated with, so boiling that into your cookware might not be a good idea (flame retardants, heavy metals, and plastics are just a few of the things found in clothing dyes and treatments). It's always best to be safe and not put previously dyed/treated clothing in your cookware.
I did this to my socks with blackcurrant juice
Iam new to your channel
Thank you for sharing this with me
Love it
Or bakingsoda powder
You deserve more subscribers.
Any ideas on how dye a white shirt (44% linen, 56% viscose) to a nice dark green?
Dark green can be challenging - ironically so many plants are green but not many produce green dye. Personally I would try dyeing it blue with indigo and then over-dyeing it yellow with something like turmeric to get green. Indigo is not a beginners dye though so it's best to take a workshop if you're interested.
sooo beautiful
Oow I like to sub you.. Some Times I make Natural Dye Colors too foor my Ecoprint or Tradisional Batik.
Terminalia Katapa, Rambutan peels, Manggoes leaves + curcuma, coconut peels, secang with brown sugar .. Regards n cheers from 🇮🇩 Indonesia.
You only need a separate pot for dye when you're using artificial dyes.
It's always a good idea to use a separate pot. Some plant materials used for dyeing aren't edible, mordants can be toxic, and you don't know what the garment/fabric has previously been dyed with (there are a lot of issues with dyes), so it's always good to just be safe and avoid using anything also used for cooking food.
Wool and silk aren't very ethical though. Perhaps if bought 2nd hand only.
You can often find great pieces at the thrift store. Personally I have no issues with buying it secondhand - it saves resources, prevents things from going to the landfill, and you aren't supporting unethical farming/practices.
Really silk isn’t ethical? The silk farmer i know don’t kill their silk worms by boiling the cocoon but rather made an illustionary track to make the silk worms think that they’re making cocoon. So they practically harvest woven silk thread every 10-12 weeks. They also grow lots of mulberries to feed those silk worms.
Hey Ima, that seems to be pretty rare with silk farming but I'd love more info about it! Do you know if there's anywhere I can learn more?
My Green Closet I really don’t know much but that was the most traditional way to do it in China. I found out from my grandma and to this day only found 2 places who still doing it the old way. The cocoon boiling apparently was a newer more practical method to increase production. One of those places is here in Indonesia and the owner wants to keep it the old way. They practically refusing orders from big textile and garment companies as it is. Maybe you can look up silk production history ? Perhaps soneone out there post it that went back all the way to the Tang dynasty? Sorry
Kuku Boo i wish they do, coz it took me a few months going through my “grape vines” to find them. The one here in indonesia is easier to find coz they mostly support the hand batik industry but the one in China there’s no way to find them if you don’t have any contact in textile industry. I used to import & export textile for batik so that was how i manage to find them. They always operating at full capacity that even I couldn’t always get my supplies of silk. I still buy from the one here, their leftover fabric that is. I use them for handkerchief and fashion appliquè
oh, so that's how you die your eye so blue.
You are soooo cute I really love you I'm H khan
You are so cute and beautiful