This is my first article of the New Year, and before I get started I’d like to thank everyone for all the support, questions and emails that I received throughout the past year. I hope to make this year as interesting for you and will do my best to keep you up to date on craft projects.
This article has to do with dyeing dried flowers. I had an email from a visitor asking how to do the dyeing process. Well, I can honestly say that I have never tried. Although I thought about it I never investigated further. I think it would be great to complete the whole process of growing your own, drying your own and then dyeing them yourself. Just think of the fun you can have experimenting with all those glorious rainbow colors!
About the research for the dyeing procedure, once I started investigating online and even at the local library, I found that there wasn’t a lot of information to be gleaned but I’ll share what I have come across so far.
I’m including several links that cover drying flowers, dye types, supplies needed, things to dye and methods. Hope these help:
First up is this site, http://www.bright.net/~basketc/dye.html which has instructions for the dyeing process, recipes for dyeing reeds plus suggestions for flowers and berries.
The Department of Agriculture-Western Australia, http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/Pubns/... has several explanations on how to dye cut flowers and foliage.
You’ll find a very simple “how to” for dyeing decorative grasses at this next site, http://www.craftsnhobbies.com/kidscrafts...
At Textile links, http://www.textilelinks.com/dye/natinfo.... there’s an extensive collection of URL's to other sites covering methods, plants to use, supplies as well as things that can be dyed.
Last but not least, http://nyny.essortment.com/naturaldyepla... lists some common plants/flowers that can be used to create colorful dyes.
Presently, I have a limited number of flowers in my garden that I could process for drying but I still have a few left over from last year so I’m going to attempt to dye them and see what happens. This will definitely be a trial by error project so wish me luck and I’ll keep you posted.
In the interim, if any of you have hands on experience dyeing dried flowers, I would certainly like to hear from you. Any useful information, tips or suggestions you’d like to share will be much appreciated.
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