![]() > Naturally Colored Sugar Hearts & Sugar Sprinkles Red cabbage fabric printing ink ![]() While sugar hearts colored with bilberry juice are pink, fabric printed with bilberry is blue after washing. Bilberry print after washing Bilberry fabric print and sugar hearts Use the lowest heat setting when ironing your natural printed fabrics – especially the blue printing inks are heat-sensitive.īecause I love blue, my favorite natural printing inks are bilberry and red cabbage (without baking soda). Natural fabric printing inks will bleed during the first wash.Īfter the first wash, you can wash your natural printed fabrics with similar colored clothes in the washing machine. I washed all the printed fabric with castille soap and 60☌ hot water. Onion skins and coffee fabric printing ink before washing Coffee, onion and bilberry dye before washing Washing and ironing might change the color, because some natural printing inks are ph-sensitive and heat-sensitive. Let the fabric dry overnight after printing. > Tutorial: How To Make India Ink/ Edwardian Mascara With Gum Arabic Stir in some gum arabic while the ink is still warm. If the fabric printing ink is too watery, you can thicken it with gum arabic. Fork dots Back view of painted bilberry hearts But you can also use other stamps such as wood block stamps. I used a fork and a heart-shaped cookie cutter as stamps. Now use your DIY natural fabric printing ink just like ordinary fabric printing ink. Bring it to a boil again and simmer it till the consistency is thick and syrupy. Simmer it for about 10 minutes (berries, red cabbage) to one hour (bark, onion skins). Teal: red cabbage + baking soda (turns grey after some month)īrown: onion skins, walnut hulls, sloe berries (with ironing), blackthorn bark, horse chestnut leavesĭIY Natural Fabric Printing Ink Bilberriesīring berries (bark, leaves, onion skins etc.) with some water to a boil. I didn’t use mordant – except for the iron tannin print – because I wanted to show you the natural print colors.īlue: red cabbage, bilberries, sloe berries (without ironing) Prewash and iron your fabrics before printing. You can also use silk, but the blues will be more purple on silk. I used cotton fabric for the print samples. Other berries also work well such as bilberries (vaccinium myrtillus). You can use the berries as well as the bark. Sloe or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) is great for DIY printmaking ink. Did you know that you can make your own fabric printing inks with things you’ll find in the nature? □
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