8 fabric dye colours using food scraps

If you want to bring colour and life back into your clothing and fabric pieces this spring, try this natural dye technique. Eco-expert Julia Grieve gives you some tips on making your very own natural dye. "These are so lovely!"
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[@pcdm43145]

One question, though: What do you use for a 'fixer," to keep the color from washing out of the fabric?

[@PeaceLoveAndRico]

The vinegar is a fixer, not a mordant. A tablespoon (ish) of each: alum and tartaric acid from the baking section should work 3 fold vs vinegar. Still, food scraps usually produce fugitive dye. Just grow or buy known dye plants with anthraquinones, flavinols and tannins; plants with tinctoria in the name are usually favorites.🎉❤😂

[@pcdm43145]

@@PeaceLoveAndRico Ah, I see. Glad you cleared that up; much appreciated.