Bundle dyeing at the Redmond Centre

It was quite an eventful week for dyeing, that's natural dyeing with plants as opposed to the sad kind of dyeing. We held a workshop at Woodberry Down and showed residents how to use plants to dye fabric using silk swatches. One method for natural dyeing involves creating a pattern with flowers and plant materials directly onto the fabric. You then roll the fabric squares into bundles around a stick and steam them.

 Our dye class at Redmond Centre in Woodberry Down

Preparing a bundle dye with hollyhocks, onions skins and Zinnia flowers

Steaming the bundles

The finished dyed silks

Hanging our creations up to dry