Guest Speaker and Craft Tutorial-
Guest Speaker- Textile Artist
Learn from a local artist about spinning thread from flax and fleece & weaving on an antique loom. |
Tutorial: Making your own dye for tie-dye!
Make something useful to share, wear, or use! Tie-Dye your textile with plant dyes! Materials Needed: About 1 quart of vegetables good for extracting dye such as blueberries, beets, and spinach Food processor, knife (to grind up vegetables), cutting board disposable table covering to protect surface from dye rubber gloves cheesecloth or fine strainer saucepan or small pot stirring spoon tongs (optional) 1 oz of alum per dye color vinegar (optional) water stove rubber bands Watch this tutorial video to see how it is done. |