HOW TO NATURALLY DYE WITH ALDER CONES | BOTANICAL COLORS

HOW TO NATURALLY DYE WITH ALDER CONES | BOTANICAL COLORS | SHADES OF BROWN

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How to naturally dye fabric with alder cones.
An alder cone dye adventure.
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@ingejustavanderhelm5208 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning dear Ceilidh, I enjoyed the video so much. What I always like about your videos, is that they aren't tutorials, I mean not in the traditional way most tutorials are. Your videos are not like a school class where the teacher already knows all and educates the pupils. Your videos are a visible journey and you take us along with you. It's exciting to be part of the experiment and part of the process. We learn together with you as we go. I find your openness, bravery and creativity very inspiring. Thank you Ceilidh. PS: I find the alder cones party on the fabric to be quite successful. These little surprises are part of the art of natural dyeing. I'm sure your client will appreciate it and will feel happy with the result. Kind regards, from Amsterdam :)

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your comment... it touched my heart as I don’t like to give the impression that I know everything because I DON’T. I want to bring people on my journey of discovery with me and hope that they enjoy it. 🥰☺️❤️❤️

@Flatshader 3 жыл бұрын

Just starting on my dyeing adventure….so glad I found you!!

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

So glad you’re here 😆

@lynnwittet1301 3 жыл бұрын

The overalls are so beautiful, you make such amazing clothes. I purposely leave items in the dye bath for days, weeks even! I want to create something unique and really take advantage of the natural process. I have amazing markings on a thrift store top which I left in black walnut (with hulls and all) for several weeks. What was exposed to air oxidized forming deep brown designs. I am currently discovering amazing colours from oaks and pecan trees (I had no idea we had a pecan tree, we are new to the area). The colours are so deep and rich due to the well water here which is rich in minerals(and stains everyone's bathrooms and is murder on the our hair). Thank you for sharing, it is really good for us to see how much work and heart you put into each item you make so we can really understand and appreciate what slow fashion is all about and why it costs more and has so much more soul.

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

A pecan tree sounds so exciting!! What colours are you getting? Thanks for your lovely comment 🌹

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

A pecan tree sounds so exciting!! What colours are you getting? Thanks for the lovely comm 🌹🌹

@lynnwittet1301 3 жыл бұрын

@@billynou our water is a bit alkaline at 8 on the scale so extraction is amazing, from dark chocolate browns ( lots of leaves and twigs) to a beautiful russet pink if you leave it to “ferment” a few days. It smells nice too ( even after multiple days) . It is a good mordant on its own too ( after over 10 years of natural dyeing using alum I am done, I never liked using it) . I am combining it with soy milk ( two separate steps) and will see how this performs. I am a weaver so these days I mostly dye cellulose and mostly yarns for weaving. 💕

@cosmicproductionsone7112 7 ай бұрын

Have a separate stove on the floor outside for this purpose to protect your back, etc.

@enlightenedbranch4994 3 жыл бұрын

I notice alders have parties on my fabrics too. I thought it was something i was doing. I love following it up with an iron bath to get beautiful grey tones. I even did tie dye and it looks a toasted marshmallow with the white fabric, toasty yellow alder color and the grey brown of the iron

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

This is SO interesting!! I feel like experimenting more!! I wonder why they do this?? I literally put my whole soul into an even colour 😂🤦🏽‍♀️ BUT I do love the results even so

@enlightenedbranch4994 3 жыл бұрын

@@billynou Im wondering too! I feel you, as I was expecting this like golden caramel. so the sprinkled toasted brown threw me off. But yours came out beautiful and appears intentional. Im right there with you for further experimentation

@jacquibee 3 жыл бұрын

Love the unexpected result! I find them very beautiful - the dye result, the vintage fabric, the style of overalls.

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️❤️

@letslistentobooks894 2 жыл бұрын

The dye came out unexpected yet very beautiful and organic ... very nice!

@billynou 2 жыл бұрын

😊

@meganprior8273 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool, I'm off to the mountains this weekend and will definitely try and find some!

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy! It’s almost as fun collecting them as dyeing with them 🪄

@divyagna5851 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely colour

@EE-hi4re 3 жыл бұрын

Ooo yes I'm trying this one out. Beautiful overalls. Was so excited to see your new video & clicked right away, even though it's 6:30am in the U.S 💃

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I really appreciate your dedication 😂💪🏽

@pheart2381 3 жыл бұрын

I love that marbled affect.

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!! Apparently other people have experienced this with alder cones!! So intriguing

@silvertrees 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, I enjoyed watching your process. If I were to try this I might mordant with oak galls - as the tannin might be a good plus - and leave the fabric to soak for a few days, to see if that might yield a deeper result. As you know. the beauty of natural dyes is the results will always be at least a little unpredictable. I liked the soft shades you gave the overalls.

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I did think about a tanin dip but wanted to keep true to the alder cones who do have quite a bit of tannin in them apparently.... I thought about an iron dip too but ultimately I just loved what they gave me... the specks were really interesting and I have absolutely NO IDEA why they turned out like that 😂😅

@gouda6733 2 жыл бұрын

👍nice

@flaminiademartino5636 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, they are so wonderful and soothing and always a friendly adventure! :) I wanted to ask how you scoured the linen..? is it just a washing machine run? and/or do you use products? Thank you!! :)

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Hello ☺️ I use a little bit of soda ash and a splash of laundry detergent and I bring the fabric to a very gentle simmer for about an hour or so. But it really depends what fabric and what your project is.... sometimes a machine wash will do the job 🤍

@flaminiademartino5636 3 жыл бұрын

@@billynou Great Thank You!! Planning some natural dye projects on linen and always read that it needs to be scoured but was unsure with what sort of products. I wonder if in olden days it might scoured with wood ash as thats also very alkaline... I'll try various things :) Thank again

@animemicheal 3 жыл бұрын

im in awe! youre doing exactly what i wish to one day do, absolutely amazing. id like to ask, do you know if one can make patterns with the natural dye? like plaid, or something?

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Yes ! You could always look into painting techniques and resist techniques 😊

@animemicheal 3 жыл бұрын

@@billynou thank you!

@charlesleblanc6638 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting ... Do you know if this dye would give spruce roots a dark brown color ? I'm trying out alder bark and would like an orange/brown.

@billynou 11 ай бұрын

Hmmm I don’t know…. Worth a try!!

@teresagnu 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! I've been wanting to try alder cones for years, but never had a chance. I just discovered a tree close by. Do you pick the alder cones from the tree, or do you let them fall on the ground and then pick them? Not sure what to do here... Thank you!

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

I just picked them from the tree but I don’t see why fallen ones wouldn’t work just as well.... as long as they’re relatively fresh 😊

@claraambrose8443 2 жыл бұрын

Pls remember to consciously collect and take from may trees. All of those cones are baby trees have to give respct to the live used

@billynou 2 жыл бұрын

This row of trees was in the middle of a huge piece of farmland so no baby trees gonna have the the opportunity to grow there unfortunately and there were absolutely millions of alder cones that seemed to have been there for over a year as I’d had my eye on them. 😉

@clothingconstruction328 2 жыл бұрын

Hey I have a question... Should i have a specific pot for my dyeing with iron, can it leave permanent iron in the steel of the pan or something so that it might dull the color at later use when its not desired. Do you have any idea, or experience around this? Thank you! ...

@billynou 2 жыл бұрын

I always keep my iron pot separate from the others, iron is so strong and even just a little can change the colours so, yes, best to keep iron pot just for iron projects 😊

@jacquibee 3 жыл бұрын

Do you prefer to dye the garments when you finished sewing them? Or do you sometimes first dye the fabric then sew them together?

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

So I always make the garments first which can be quite risky but, for the moment, I don’t have big enough pots to dye the other way round 🤪❤️

@clothingconstruction328 2 жыл бұрын

also what thread do you recommend? do you use cotton thread? Ive heard poly is better? but you need natural fibre thread for it to dye I understand..

@billynou 2 жыл бұрын

I use cotton thread for everything as the dyes won’t take to the thread if it’s not natural but that might be an interesting look too!

@peregrinefalcon6747 7 ай бұрын

Good evening, can one use alder cones to dye hair brown or dark brown?

@billynou 6 ай бұрын

Ooo I don’t know… probably!

@LesonaCrochet 3 жыл бұрын

I wish so much for you to be more active and upload more videos. Your channel is beautiful but you are not active enough...

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you. We want to be too. I’ve been unwell recently so haven’t been able to make any videos. Hope to be back at it soon 😊

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Starting to now ❤️❤️

@kavitajilkar8784 3 жыл бұрын

Nice ..anything in India that alder cones can be replaced with. Also can you make a video on fixatives

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh ... I think you have soooooo many incredible options in India! Such a rich culture of natural dyes. We do have a couple of mordant videos but it’s a common request!! We will do more 🥰

@purefaction1302 3 жыл бұрын

I can't find the answer to this question, can someone please help! So i have a Japanese maple tree in my garden that i would like to extract the color from it's leaves and use that color in fabric dyeing. My question is how can i extract the color the best way and how to color my fabric? I assume it's best to use protein fiber and to pretreat it with alum acetate, right? And how to treat it after coloring? I would be so thankful!

@billynou 3 жыл бұрын

Hey why don’t you try just gently extracting the colour from a small amount of leaves and popping a bit of silk in there and see what happens. You can mordant silk with alum and you might want to scour it before hand too.

@purefaction1302 3 жыл бұрын

@@billynou thank you so much, I will try it