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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511986703321

Autore

Booth Abigail

Titolo

The Wild Dyer : A Maker's Guide to Natural Dyes with Projects to Create and Stitch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Princeton Architectural Press, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

9781616898731

1616898739

1-61689-873-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : color illustrations

Soggetti

Dyes and dyeing - Textile fibers

Dyes and dyeing, Domestic

Dye plants

Patchwork

Sewing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Natural color -- Dye plants & where to find them -- A dyer's tools & workbench -- Understanding & preparing fabric -- Setting up a dye vat -- Haberdashery & textile care -- In the kitchen. A kitchen palette ; Hand-stitched coasters ; Patchwork place mats -- The dyer's garden. A dyer's harvest ; Growing plants from seed ; Harvest bag ; Gardener's smock ; Dyeing with woad & madder -- Summer foraging. Shades of summer ; Dyer's apron ; Foraging bag -- Autumn foraging. Tones of autumn ; Patchwork cushions ; Strip-pieced blanket ; Oak gall ink.

Sommario/riassunto

Fabrics colored with natural dyes have a beauty and subtlety all of their own. Onion and avocado skins, chamomile and birch bark, and nettles and acorns can produce lovely, ethereal colors and effects. The Wild Dyer demystifies this eco-conscious art, focusing on foraging and growing dying materials; repurposing kitchen trimmings; making and



using long-lasting dyes; and creating stitched projects.