Written for the Scientific American By Dr. M.Reimann, of Berlin Supposing it is required to dye 100 lbs. of raw silk, 12 lbs. of soap are boiled with a sufficient quantity of river or rain water ...

This marigold dye works best to color natural fabrics like cotton, wool, and silk. Synthetic fibers just don't absorb natural dyes as well, sorry polyester. While this dye process is simple ...

Ice dyeing is a fabric dyeing technique that uses ice or snow to create beautiful, watercolor-like patterns on fabric. You sprinkle powdered dye over ice on the fabric, and as it melts, the dye ...

Wet cleaning can be damaging to silk quilts because quite often the dyes and paints used are not fast to water and will run and redeposit on adjoining sections. The salts, and other substances used in ...

3) The night before dyeing the fabric, remove the seeds from the pomegranates ... fibres is slightly different to mordanting wool or silk. Recipe for mordanting cotton and linen (cellulose ...

Think about your favorite shirt. What color is it — and how did it become that color? The dye manufacturer tested different types of fabrics to see how the color would look on each. The manufacturer ...

If this winter has got you dreaming of a warmer place where the pace of life is slow and the arts are vibrant, Virginia ...