HOW TO MAKE NATURAL DYE WITH DANDELION | ORGANIC COLOR | YELLOW BEIGE BROWN PINK | HERBS & WEEDS

Dandelions are a natural way to create yellow, beige & neutral hues for your textile and craft projects. You can use the full flower heads, leaves and even the roots to brew several different colors from this prolific spring herb. This tutorial will show you how to brew dye from each part of the plant, as well as the resulting color swatch samples (cotton & silk) with various pre-mordants including alum and soy milk. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro - Dandelion dye 2:00 Picking dandelion 10:02 How to prep dandelion for dye 13:35 How to make 3 dyes from dandelion 23:36 Color samples on cotton & silk 24:45 Wrap up 27:11 Sneak peek of next tutorial 28:02 Bloopers SUPPLY LIST Dandelion flowers, leaves & roots Foraging basket Gloves Weeding tool Scissors Pot with lid Strainer Spoon Mason jar Textile of choice - cotton & silk shown in video THE 100 DAYS OF NATURAL DYE POSTER - https://www.margaretbyrd.com/shop/100... 2021 ICE INSTALLATION NOTECARDS - Grab a slice of my ephemeral installation practice with a bundle of 10 cards featuring the natural colors of Aruba infused in ice. The notecards are 3.5 x 5 inches and include envelopes. Perfect as gifts or to keep to write love notes! https://www.margaretbyrd.com/shop/ins... COOKIN' COLOR DIGITAL COURSE - Self-paced video workshop on the basics of natural dyeing and a step-by-step demonstration of an ombre dip-dye technique on textile: https://www.margaretbyrd.com/cookin-c... DOWNLOAD FREE NATURAL DYER'S QUICK START GUIDE - 11 tips to a successful natural dye practice: https://margaretbyrd.ck.page/natural-... DOWNLOAD FREE COOKIN' COLOR BREW BOOKLET - 4 natural dyes to make from food in your kitchen: https://margaretbyrd.ck.page/cookin-c... ABOUT MY CHANNEL Color Quest is a creative channel where we explore the wide world of natural color! If you love using organic materials in all of your arts & crafts projects, join me as I share tutorials and vlogs on how to find and create a rainbow of color from plants and the earth they live in. I'm passionate about natural dyes and pigments which I use extensively in my art practice, so I'm thrilled to share my curiosity, excitement and knowledge of nature's palette with you. xoxo - Margaret, aka Byrdie FOLLOW ME: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8DZ... Instagram:   / moonbyrdie   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/moonbyrdie Pinterest:   / margaretbyr.  . Facebook:   / margaretbyrd.  . Website: https://www.margaretbyrd.com Blog: https://www.margaretbyrd.com/trailtales MUSIC: Playground Fun by Ahjay Stelino https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/ Ukelele Song https://canva.com Fractal of Light by Chris Haugen    / @margaretbyrdcolorquest   #naturalcolor #organic #artsandcrafts #naturaldye #tutorial #diy