Hand Dyed: A Modern Guide to Dyeing in Brilliant Color for You and Your Home

by Anna Joyce, Dane Tashima (Photographer)

With this beginner-friendly guide, "crafting with dye doesn't have to be messy or impossible to conquer"—but it "might turn into an all-consuming passion" (Booklist, starred review).
This modern introduction to indigo and fiber-reactive dye offers everything you need know to create stylish, richly colored and patterned pieces. Natural materials and classic techniques like shibori make these projects beautiful and accessible, even for the beginner.
Items such as an elegant robe, a duvet cover set, drum lampshades, and even a hammock will invite a new generation of design lovers and style mavens to fall in love with this traditional, magical, and surprisingly straightforward process.
Anna Joyce is the perfect instructor to teach the skills needed to create more than twenty-five masterpieces for the home and wardrobe that readers will want to wear, live with, and most importantly, make by hand.

Genres: Reference, Crafts, Adult

168 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 26, 2019

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Conveniently covered the 2 topics I was demonstrating at our quilting guild.

[Karin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't follow any of the directions specifically but can totally see returning to this book when I want step-by-step instructions for creatively dying fabric.

[Ally · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good starter manual for hand-dyeing but less cultural history of dye patterns / techniques than I was hoping for.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

a review of the basic concepts and techniques in dying. a good starting place, although i am always drawn to dying with natural dyes which this book does not focus on.

[Myrrh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beginner friendly projects with commercially available fiber-reactive dyes.