Carola Jones, Teaching Artist
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Indigo Dye Samples

Contentnea Creek Homeland Indigenous Medicine Cloth


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My "Go To" Dye Is Indigo ... I feel in love with the process as a child and it continues to excite me 50 years later.  Indigo dyed fabric is green when it comes out of the pot, and as it oxidizes it turns blue (right before your eyes).  All fabric is hand dyed and hung on a clothesline to dry just like my mother, grandmothers, great-grandmothers and women around the world.  Once fabric is removed from dye pot, I dry it naturally, preferably by oxidizing in the sunshine and blowing in the wind.  Then I machine wash the fabric to remove any dye that didn't attach to the fibers. 


Images Showing Indigo Dye Processes


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  • Home
  • About
  • Indigo as Medicine
    • Dye Samples
    • Seed 2 Runway
    • Indigo Retreats
  • Other Natural Dyes
    • Marigold Flowers
    • Black Walnuts
    • Madder Root
    • Natural Dye Resources
  • The Pau Wau Life
  • SHOP
    • Give-Away
    • ART 4 Sale
    • Fiber Art 2 Wear
    • On Demand Classes
    • LIVE Zoom Classes
    • LIVE Talks to Groups