Tie-dying is a fun and simple craft that encourages you to get creative and experiment with colors and patterns. And don't ...

There are thousands of natural materials that make glorious colors in fabric, from rhubarb and dahlias to indigo and groundnuts. Natural dyeing is an ancient tradition, and the techniques behind this ...

The process involves fermenting indigo leaves to create a dye bath. The fabric is dipped multiple times to achieve the ...

Dyes can be used to imbue fabrics with a happy, welcoming spirit. Using just fabric dye, hot water, and salt, experiment with the practice of creating your own hues. Give plain white cotton dish ...

Reactive dyeing remains pivotal in imparting vibrant, long‐lasting colours to cotton fabrics through a chemical process that establishes covalent bonds between dye molecules and cellulose.

Victor Durand, Ever Dye, sheds light on the challenges surrounding the fastness of natural textile dyes. Learn why this issue ...

Fabrics with electrical functionality have been around for several years, but are very rarely used in mainstream clothing. The fabrics are very expensive and the supply can be unreliable. Frustrated ...

Take a good look at the piece of cloth pictured at the top of this story. That was made 6,000 years ago by people living on the coast of Peru. Now check out those faint blue lines running through it.