HOW TO MAKE NATURAL DYE WITH HERBS | ORGANIC COLOR | GREEN YELLOW BEIGE BROWN | IRON WATER | ALUM

Using herbs is a natural way to create a neutral palette of soft yellows. By pre-treating your textile with different mordants and modifiers, you can extend your palette to include rich greens. This tutorial will show you various herbs to make natural dye as well as using alum & iron water to shift colors & the resulting color swatch samples (cotton & silk). CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction - Herb dye 1:24 Rosemary dye 2:05 Using textile with no mordant 2:15 Preparing textile with alum mordant 3:30 Using iron water as a modifier 4:08 Rosemary dye textile samples on cotton & silk 4:23 Mint dye 4:42 Mint dye textile samples on cotton & silk 4:55 Tarragon dye 5:13 Tarragon dye textile samples on cotton & silk 5:24 Thyme dye 5:48 Thyme dye textile samples on cotton & silk 6:02 Sage dye 6:24 Sage dye textile samples on cotton & silk 6:42 Herb full color palette 6:47 Wrap up 7:37 Sneak peek of next tutorial 9:05 Blooper SUPPLY LIST Herbs - Rosemary, mint, tarragon, thyme, sage Alum Cream of tartar Iron water Bowl for iron water Pot with lid Measuring spoon Measuring cup Strainer Spoon Cutting board Knife Gloves Textile 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-color-youtube DOWNLOAD FREE NATURAL DYER'S QUICK START GUIDE - 11 tips to a successful natural dye practice: https://margaretbyrd.ck.page/natural-dyer-quick-start-guide DOWNLOAD FREE COOKIN' COLOR BREW BOOKLET - 4 natural dyes to make from food in your kitchen: https://margaretbyrd.ck.page/cookin-color-brew-booklet 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 pigm