Join me with a garden full of blooming flowers: the perfect time to explore the expansive, intuitive and beautiful art of creating plant prints on fabric. This class will demonstrate 3 distinct ways to impart plant prints and color on cloth: Bundle Dyeing, Eco Printing and Tatakizome or leaf printing. Each technique is slightly different and results are always beautifully one-of-a-kind. You will learn the importance of proper fabric preparation based on specific plants (or specific parts of plants!) being employed, and the multitude of ways these 3 techniques can be slightly altered for an abundance of possible outcomes. There will be dozens of plants used in my demonstrations- and the bundle dyeing portion alone is a dyeplant profile education in itself! These techniques are all particularly useful for those hoping to breathe new colorful life into their wardrobe or linen closet and perfectly suited for overdyeing stained or dingy clothing. They are also water-wise methods, employing much less fresh water than other natural dye processes, making them especially earth friendly. You will come away with printed worksheets outlining my favorite sustainable fabric resources, lists of dye plants and flowers to try as well as where to find them near you (you don’t have to have a garden with fresh flowers to take this class), and procedural instructions on all the techniques demonstrated. This workshop covers my unique pre-fixative/ mordant method for Plant & Botanical Printing that creates clear, sharp and neat prints.

This is a recording of a class taught from my outdoor natural dye studio. Demonstration and lessons are the bulk of class with a Q&A at the end. You will receive a materials list, and detailed informational documents. This workshop gains you access to the recording, so you can work at your own pace on your own time.