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DYEING: Easy Grocery Store Dyes
Here are some household items which make great dyes for fiber and cloth. This is a cheap safe way to learn the process of natural dyeing.
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Make Your Own Natural Dyes
Learn what natural products make dye and then make your own and dye some clothing.
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Black Walnut Tree
Juglans nigra, one of the finest hardwoods in the world, is easy to work, durable, and provides tasty nuts. It may be toxic to other plants and must be sited with care.
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Dyeing: Safflower
Safflower has been used for centuries as a substitute for true saffron to dye food and cloth yellow. It also produces a nice madder red after the yellow tones have been extracted. GIve it a try!!
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Even Dyeing
Dyeing fiber and fabric to produce even color can be a bit tricky. Here are some hints to help produce nice even colors when you dye.
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Planting Fairy Gardens: Flowers, Plants and Herbs that are Said to Attract Fairies
There are many kinds of theme gardens. One that is gaining in popularity is the fairy garden.
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Bloodroot; a Bloody Good Poppy
When we think of poppies, we think of orange California Poppies, or scarlet Oriental Poppies; showy flowers that unfold brightly colored petals. Perfect, pure white flowers typically don’t come to mind, particularly if they blossom early in the season, when green is still a rumor and frost not uncommon. But such a poppy exists and, in eastern North America, is a common early spring wildflower. It’s Bloodroot.
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DYEING: Temperatures and dye baths
Dye bath temperatures should seldom be very high. Many dyes process without the use of heat all! Check out this informative article.
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Herbs to Dye For
Herbs from a dyer's garden.
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Little House on the Prairie Art Project Ideas
Crafty ideas for younger and older homeschoolers, based on the Little House series. Fun as stand-alone projects or as part of a Laura Ingalls Wilder topic study.
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Making History Come Alive
Add some hands-on crafts to your kid's history lessons and you will have them begging to do more.
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Color It Bright
Hand-Dyeing of wool and wool yarns
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Communal Gardening, Could be the Way to Go
Most folks think of hippies when they hear the words communal gardening. Well, you don't have to belong to a commune, or wear tie dyed cloths. All you need is a few people who want to garden, but like you don't always have the time.
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Lady's Bedstraw
Relaxation anyone? Lady's Bedstraw may be your key to resting a tired body, head to toe. Read on to find out how...
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Wachendorfia
Wachendorfia ia another South African species that I grow. One is evergreen and the rest deciduous. Once you get this sorted out you can't go wrong.
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