About this Product
Bundle Dyeing with flowers is a perfect introduction to dyeing at home. I have grown the flowers in this kit and have had so much fun dyeing with them!
This kit comes with:
22" x 22" White Silk Scarf - silky smooth with just a little shine and so wonderful to wear.
Your scarf has been washed and pretreated with a mordant to accept and retain the beautiful colors from the natural dye flowers you will be using.
Natural Flowers from my garden INCLUDING five pressed and dried sulphur cosmos flowers to create flower images right on your scarf! If you fold your scarf in half before laying out the flowers, you will be able to create ten flower prints. Not many kits include these flowers for printing with.
Also included:
Rose petals, Marigold Petals, Black Hollyhock petals and a variety pack of dried flower petals.
Rubber Bands
Written instructions with photos - very easy to follow along. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to send me a convo.
What you will need to provide:
A flat clean space to work - lay out wet silk scarf and apply the flowers.
A pan with a lid for steaming scarf - use a pan for dyeing only
A vegetable steamer, colander or a brick and a rack to suspend the scarf above boiling water
Water
Heat Source
Great project to do with kids of any age -- use adult supervision for the steaming portion, of course!
Flower Bundle Dye Kit will be sent via USPS. Sold within the USA only.
Joyce Leatherwood
Meet the Maker
I first encountered clay on the slippery creek beds of my childhood. I sculpted many cats out of the muddy clay and let them dry in the sun. In high school, I happened upon a pottery shop and was enthralled watching a potter on the potter's wheel. In college, I tried lots of courses but always ended up in the ceramics studio where I eventually earned a BFA degree in ceramics and took lots of sculpture courses as well. While raising kids and moving around the world for my husband's job, I was always drawn back to clay whenever possible. I began teaching elementary art and earned a Master's Degree in Education. Teaching art was a fantastic way of immersing myself in many artistic endeavors and mediums. At this time, I also began working in natural dyeing and textiles with an emphasis on hand embroidery. It is always the texture of textiles and/or clay that intrigues me the most. I am inspired by nature as is evident in the motifs and images on both pottery, sculptures, as well as stitched works of art I currently create. Once retiring and moving to Richmond, VA, I have my own clay studio once again. Learning and re-learning with clay is a never ending adventure which I am thoroughly enjoying.
How it’s Made
All of the flowers are grown in my personal gardens without the use of any pesticides. I hand pick them and dry them. They are wonderful for dyeing on cloth which has been prepared with mordant to accept and retain the beautiful colors of nature.
Shop Policies
Please contact me if there is a problem with your order! I want you to be happy with your purchase. If necessary, returns and exchanges accepted within 30 days, buyer is responsible for return shipping costs.
