Natural Dyeing and Ecoprinting with Onion Skins
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- Опубліковано 11 кві 2024
- An introduction to natural dyeing and ecoprinting using onion skins.
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Thank you so much for everything you are sharing, clearly explaining and inspiring us all with! What a kind, creative, caring and gentle woman, Kathryn!
Thank you so much Belinda ☺️
That scarf is simply beautiful
This really felt like watching magic happen. Incredibly beautiful and interesting, thank you once again!!🍀💖
My pleasure Machteld, it is indeed like magic, every time. ♥️
K3n
I love the way you teach… it’s nice to hear the soft and kind voice of you… thank you very much❣️
Thank you for the most informative and easy to grasp natural dyeing video I've seen. The outcome pieces are all so gorgeous! I didn't see any undulation of color on them except for the beautiful scarf of course. That is an easy way to ecoprint. Had you not shown us every step i never would have guessed that each the fabrics was soaked ONLY in red or brown onion skins. I'm definitely inspired, thank you so much!
Thank you I am happy you liked it. The range of shades you get from natural dyes, even the humble onion skin is fascinating. ❤️
Absolutely lovely and inspiring! I also love the small details in the videos like the mended sleeve, the adorable tongs and the bachground cloths which I can already see being used in future projects ❤
Ah yes, my mended sleeve. This is a charity shop cardigan that I have had for about 12 years and when Stella was a puppy, she gnawed a chunk out of the sleeve. 😁♥️
I think that's fantastic. It adds a story to a piece of clothing
Kathryn this episode has been so interesting. A BIG thankyou. The chiffon scarf was so beautiful. I Will definitely be trying this out on my return home. You are so very generous with your time and gentleness. I have a big bag of onion skins that I collected at the supermarket, as you say, the shop were very happy that I tidied up the onion rack 😊
Oh my Kathryn! I never would have thought onion skins would dye so beautifully. And so many hues! Thank you for your generosity in sharing your knowledge ❤ I hope you enjoyed your mom visiting. Ha ve a beautiful weekend. Sally Jo
Thank you we had a lovely day ❤️
Thank you for your time once again Kathryn. I have done a bit of eco dying and printing over the years but evertime I watch a anything about the subject I learn something new. Have a great weekend.
I enjoyed this video so much, thank you. Everything shown and explained so thoroughly. The results are lovely, especially the silk scarf which is beautiful. I can hardly wait to have a go.
Love the variety of beautiful colors you got Kathryn! and the sting marks! I love to hand quilt on the lines. Thank you for sharing your dye process. 💙
The depth and range of those colours are beautiful.... really sumptuous! So much better than the "flat" results from commercial dyes. Thank you, I loved this video!
Thank you so much! 😊
At last! Someone with my thinking on “a waste of time doing dyeing with substances that are going to be fugitive” 😉
I so enjoyed watching this video…. I could feel your passion oozing through every minute!
🥰🥰🥰
Wonderful video.My husband sat down with a cup of tea and stayed watching to the end. I've dyed my spun wool many times but not tried fabrics. I feel inspired to have a go. Many Thanks
Wonderful and informative video. I have done some eco dying but you have given alot of great tips! Love your results!
Thank you Jayne ☺️
I love your instructional videos so much. I just found your channel in January when you started your weekly slow stitching project. You have inspired this beginner that you don’t need fancy or expensive tools to create beautiful things. Thank you for sharing your knowledge so patiently and thoroughly. Watching your videos is my hour of peacefulness away from the noise of daily life.
Hello Wanda, thank you that makes me so happy 😊
OMG the scarf is beautiful ❤️ the colors, the string marks, the string! Love it
Everything you do just fascinates me. I have to go Thrifting to look for some wool, silk and or chiffon.
That scoff is absolutely gorgeous
I must say one of my favorite things was seeing how you darned your jumper/sweater. I was so intrigued it’s quite beautiful.
Thank you, that's a patch darn. Stella chewed it when she was a puppy. 😁 More visible mending videos are planned. ❤️
Oh my. I have fallen in love with this process. I would absolutely wear that piece
My first time meeting you. Thank you so much! I am going to visit with my daughter next month... you have given me wonderful ideas for us to try. We spend our visits trying new creative things.
Hello Jackie, lovely to meet you ❤️ I hope you and your daughter have a wonderful time together 😊
Thank you so much for this wonderful video on dyeing with onion peals.
I'm new to eco dying and can't wait to learn more.
I would love to see your process using leaves and other natural materials.
Thank you k3n!!!
My pleasure, I will definitely make more videos as the year progresses. ♥️
I loved this beautiful meditative gift of yours. The silks and wools are gorgeous.
Thank you so much 😊
Don’t get me wrong, I DO like the brown onion skin dyed fabrics, but I really love the rich brown that came from the red onion skins.
I absolutely CANNOT afford (mentally, spatially or time-wise) to start another experimentation, so I will have to trust those who do, perhaps Etsy, and buy bits and bobs. That chiffon scarf is absolutely gorgeous ❤❤❤. Love the stripes among the blotchiness
Very informative. I use the method for my wood basket weaving. Onion skins work very well for that.
That's interesting, I have seen basket makers use plant dyes for their materials and it's beautiful ❤️
Great information, thank you! Love how slow and peaceful you are!
Excellent video, very informative and inspiring. Thank you! 🥰
Gorgeous results. A friend combined the exhaust baths of red onion skins and brown onion skins. The result was deep olive green!
Thank you 😊 the olive green usually comes from the addition of iron to red onions but a friend of mine was getting green from red onions every time, until recently the council updated the streets water pipes, now she gets brown. So we think there must have been iron in the old pipes. 😁♥️
I have to say I am flabbergasted by this video 🙀. You are definitely never too old to learn something new lol. I can’t wait to try these dying techniques. I would have never thought of onion skins for dying fabric. I have always used tea but I believe this video has opened up a whole new world for me.
Thank you, I am so happy to flabbergast you in a good way 😁❤️
Absolutely loved this!!! You have so much patients to do this but its worth it.
Thank you, I just love the process 😊❤️
Oh my goodness I loved all the different variations in colour you got, and that silk scarf is so beautiful! I’ve been saving onion skins to do some yarn dyeing but might have to try some protein cloth first. Thanks very much for the tutorial ❤
My pleasure, thank you ☺️
Wow! These cloths turned out so beautiful! Thank you so much for the great tutorial!
Thank you and my pleasure ♥️
All the fabric is beautiful but the Echo print is outstanding I’m going to give it a go
Thank you, I am wearing the piece in my hair right now 😁❤️
Your results are beautiful. Thanks for showing your process. I know what I am trying this weekend. 😊
Have fun 😁
Thankyou Kathryn for showing me a new way to look at art. I have many ideas whirling around in my head right now. I am in Costa Rica and are now rapidly approaching our winter aka rainy season. I’ll be spending a lot of time indoors soon and getting to work on all the wonderful ideas that are spinning in my mind. Keep going and keep inspiring people to step out of the box and try something new.
My pleasure and I will keep going, thank you so much ❤️
Thank you for another wonderful video. The colours were so amazing those rich chocolate browns and bronzes were stunningly beautiful. I have used wool and celluloses before, but not silk. I must thrift some silk and try this again.
Thank you so much K3n for this outstanding workshop. You are a great teacher! I'm very curious to check the process with the pink onions we get here in Kingston (Ontario, Canada) in the summer. Thank you!!!!❤
Oh me too, I have never tried pink onions. Hope you report back 😁❤️
I have never dyed with onion skins, so fun to see the results that you got! I'll be saving some onion skins!
Have fun 😊
Thank you for your share !I learned nature stuff to color martial marginally very interesting ❤ ❤❤
I learn so much from you and enjoy the slow processes of all your projects....much better to enjoy it all. You are a treasure.
Thank you ❤️
Thanks so much for making this video. Great instructions and beautiful results!!😊
Such beautiful colours - especially at the end when you laid them out all together. Stunning 😍😊
That is a phenomenal introduction! What beautiful results!!
Thank you ♥️
Thank you so much! That was amazing! The scarf is so beautiful! (US Tennessee)
O, dear I so much enjoyed this video. The information is not new to me but it is just so lovely to listen to your voice and the experience that is so obvious in your sharings. You sparked me to give it a go again. That green from the red onion skin with rust is so me. Much Love
Much love to you too ♥️
Love the brown so beautiful!!!!!
Oooo, I loved this video.Thank you so much, Kathryn. Onion soup for tea and then some alchemical fun.
Sounds perfect ❤️
You are right about the rabbit hole! Just emerged from the mordant process and dying with avacado. Then I moved on to eco printing with flowers.. Guess I'll need to try onion skins next. 😂
It pulls you in 😂♥️
Beautiful results!! Spinoff magazine did a natural dye article with the only variable being the tap water used by participants in different areas of one city. It was crazy how the colors were affected by the water quality! I borrow an induction burner from my local "library of things" and have my dye pot outside as I don't feel that fumes are good to inhale since I use some mordants. I will totally try the eco printing!!! I have a loquat tree in my yard that I can harvest leaves from for that purpose. Thank you for your channel!
My pleasure, and yes it's endlessly fascinating. ❤️
So, so interesting. Can’t wait to try it. When you were taking off the skins, it looked like our Australian outback. Wonderful. Thank you so much.
My pleasure 😊
Wonderful the scarf is beautiful
Absolutely fabulous, I was so looking forward to seeing this video, it didn’t fail. I am actually going to a natural dyeing workshop on the 19th (next Friday), what a great introduction and understanding your video has given me in preparation. Thank you once again for sharing your knowledge
Thank you Jean, I hope you have fun on your workshop. ❤️
Those are all so beautiful! Thank you I can't wait to try this 🤍
Thank you have fun 😊
Thank you! Interesting- enjoyed this! I’ll watch it again- TY
Thank you for teaching us! I love the outcome. And I’ll swallow my question about red cabbage.😂 Though it works perfectly for dying easter eggs.
Yes, red cabbage and beetroot are great for eggs, just not for cloth 😂♥️
Thank you so much for another enthralling tutorial - bliss listening to you ❤❤❤
Kathryn, thank you so much for this tutorial. So good to learn the difference between dyeing protein and cellulose fibers. Color differences are amazing! I use mostly cellulose base fabrics and would wish for those beautiful, rich colors but…..oh well. 😊. I can’t thank you enough for all you teach us. 💖💖💖
With mordant, you can get better yellow on cellulose, and you can get the green only paler with the iron but I can't get the rich brown and terracotta on cotton with onions, unfortunately. ❤
Beautiful! Thank you so much.
My pleasure Suzanne ☺️
Very informative and relaxing too - will give it a go
Thank you so much. My local market and shops will be thrifted for those skins. I am living in Mallorca so leaves available too. I shall be busy playing.
I know about onion skins and dyeing wool (yarn), but now I'll do what you showed. The onion skins I kept (for dyeing) are the right amount for a good try-out with some different materials. I do have silk, it's bourette silk, a knitted fabric, with a very 'rustic' and natural look. I have a small piece of an antique blouse, which might be silk chiffon. And I have a piece of a fine white cotton (was a vintage skirt). I'll add some natural white mohair knitting yarn too (with which I'm knitting a sweater at the moment). Not this weekend, because I have a lot of other things to do. I hope to find time next week ...
Bourette is silk noil, the thicker silk that I used. You should have lovely results with it. ♥️
Beautiful outcome. Now I know why some of my fabric didn't take as well as the others. I will now be separating the fabric into natural fibers and manmade before dyeing. Always learning at 71.🧡
Love this! Super video. And the results are beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful!
Wow. So beautiful! Though I’m a bit bummed because I have old kitchen towels I wanted to do this to, but alas it probably won’t take too much color. Those colors on the protein samples are just so wonderful. Thank you for the tutorial.
My pleasure ☺️ I now have some eco-friendly mordant for cotton and linen so I will do another video soon ❤️
Totally inspired! Thank you K3n😻
I will watch this over and over hoping to retain as much as I can. These colors are amazingly beautiful. I don’t know why but using natural materials 100%, going slow to absorb the pleasure of the process just feels magical to me. I have just found your channel recently and you are on the top of my list of favorites. I’m fantasizing that maybe I could make a kwandi quilt of some kind. Now I want it to have natural dyed fabrics. It will take years. What a wonderful inspiration.
Welcome so pleased you found me. I love the sound of your natural dyed, slow stitched kawandi. ❤️
Thank you so much for the lesson on onion skin dyeing. Your fabrics turned out beautiful. I have a bag hanging in the panty that collects all the skins from my onions until I have enough to dye with. I've never overdyed my rust dyed fabrics. I need to give it a try now that I've seen your fabrics.
Absolutely riveting content and commentary - so so inspiring as many others have said. I live alone so I will definitely be foraging at the local greengrocers for onion skins - I can't bear to wait until I have collected enough - goes against the grain of slow crafting 🤦 but I am enthused and want to have a go. Big love from Scotland ❤as always 😊
Your greengrocer will thank you Margaret I am sure, have fun much love ❤️
Lovely!❤❤❤
So beautiful!! Thank you
Amazing. Can't wait to try ❤
Great info, thanks ❤❤❤
Absolutely lovely k3n!!❤
Thank you for share ❤
Gorgeous eco print!
I normally don’t cook with a lot of onions, but now I’m reconsidering. 😂❤
😂 you can always go and forage for skins in your local store 😉♥️
Amazing!
Absolutely gorgeous fabrics!
I’ve just found your channel and I’ve enjoyed this so much! Quite fascinating. XO
Welcome so glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thanks love it ❤
Always a wonderful adventure!
That piece made with bits of onion skin was just beautiful. I love these techniques. I’ll have to look out for plain or pale clothes as nearly all of my bits are coloured. They do take the dye but obviously not so effective or clear in colour. Thank you dear woman for such a straightforward class
My pleasure. Yes if you can't find white or cream cloths, pale colours also work, even patterned but of course it affects the results. ❤️
Wow! Beautiful results! TFS!
Wow ! What amazing colours. Thank you x
Again Thank you for taking us along on your eco dying with onion skins. Gorgeous results.
Thank you so much for showing this! I so enjoyed it.
What a great demo, Kathryn, with such beautiful and varied results! Thank you.
Beautiful cloths Kathryn! Simple process stunning results. A neighbour gifted me a bag each of onion skins & garlic skins - now I know I can put them to the purpose of making beautiful cloth. Thank you for sharing. 💕Brenda. 😮
My pleasure Brenda, I have never managed to get anything from garlic skins alone, I would be interested to hear if you do. ♥️
Surprisingly beautiful! Can’t wait to try this process.
Gorgeous cloths!!
Wonderful colours! Thankyou Katherin
Thank you very much.
Loads of good information in this video, thank you. Your chiffon scarf is simply a work of art! I love it.
Fabulous ❣️ TFS
Thank you Kathryn that was absolutely amazing. Can’t wait to give it a go ❤
Oh my goodness! How beautiful ❤. Thank you so much for sharing.
Wow, what a wonderful easy to follow video. Thank you. Love the string marks created on the silk scarf 😊
What a fascinating art. The silks are beautiful I've got to have a try at this. Thank you Kathryn for your informative and creative video.
Thank you 😊
Thank you so much. Feeling very inspired to try this 😍