Today I want to share some of the activities I do around this time of the year and I have compiled six simple, eco-friendly spring & Easter decorating ideas. When the sun comes up earlier in the mornings again, when you wake up hearing the birds sing and when the first flower bulbs peek out …
Today I want to share 5 more tips how to simplify your life. If you are looking for ways to declutter, whether this concerns physical items or your mind, you can start by implementing one of these tips after the other. Some of them require some thinking and soul searching and cannot be executed immediately. …
Tannins or tannoids are a type of mordant that naturally occur in plants. If you are dyeing protein (e.g. wool) or cellulose (e.g. cotton) fibers with natural dyes, you need a mordant or fixative to help set the dye on the fiber. The mordant forms a coordination complex with the dye which attaches to the …
Today I want to give you 5 tips how to simplify your life. If you are looking for ways to declutter, whether this concerns physical items or your mind, you can start by implementing one of these tips after the other. Some of them require some thinking and soul searching and cannot be executed immediately. …
Right now I am still in the early building phase of my website. For the future, I hope to create a space that not only contains all sorts of information about natural dyeing and the fiber arts, but also share more about what simple living means to me and my family and how we align …
In this DIY tutorial I will show you how to sew a cloud pillow. This tutorial is suitable for beginners who know the basics about operating a sewing machine. If you don’t have a sewing machine, it would also be possible – yet more time consuming – to sew the pillow by hand. This post …
German sheep breeds are not as popular or numerous as sheep breeds from other countries. There are only eleven breeds originating in Germany. For example, in England, on the other hand, there are 37 native sheep breeds. Therefore, I want to highlight those old German sheep breeds in a miniseries.Part 1 of the series was …
German sheep breeds are not as popular or numerous as sheep breeds from other countries. There are only eleven breeds originating in Germany. For example, in England, on the other hand, there are 37 native sheep breeds. Therefore, I want to highlight those old German sheep breeds. And to kick off this series, we will …
In this post I want to highlight the important topic of mordanting and help you chose which mordant to use for your natural dyeing project. Mordants are essential if you are dyeing either protein or cellulose fibers with natural dyes. Therefore, I will explain in detail what a mordant actually is and how to use …
Welcome to the second post of my natural dyeing series. Today I want to talk about natural dyeing resources. If you want to get a deeper knowledge of natural dyes, I recommend that you have a look at these three natural dyeing books.
