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    plants to DYE FOR

    Jul 24, 2019 4 minutes

    COLOUR YOUR FABRIC

    Experiment with fruits, vegies and items from your home to create natural dyes in a rainbow of colours.

    BLUE/PURPLE: Blueberries, blackberries, red cabbage, plums, cherries, avocado seeds

    PINK/RED: Raspberries, beetroot, red wine

    ORANGE/BROWN: Onion skins, avocado skin, teabags

    YELLOW: Turmeric, marigolds

    GREEN: Spinach, mint, oak leaves, rosemary, nettles

    Instructions page 118

    For thousands of years, plants, fruits, vegetables and flowers have been used to add colour to fabric. Making homemade natural dyes is easy and it’s also eco-friendly, costs basically nothing and, best of all, it’s fun – because you never know exactly what you’ll get!

    So gather up your

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