http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Teresinha+Roberts Arts and Crafts Teresinha Roberts Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=394870&ca=Arts+and+Crafts I will share with you some secrets that I have learnt over the years on how you can get bright and strong colours with natural dyes. It is vital to both prepare the wool properly and to use tried and tested traditional natural dyes, such as woad, weld and madder etc. Chalk may help to brighten up so... Arts and Crafts Teresinha Roberts Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=388298&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Brazilwood, logwood and fustic are famous traditional natural dyes that produce bright colours on wool, cotton and silk; brazilwood yields rich reds, logwood purples and fustic strong yellows. These three dyes are made from the heartwood of medium to large trees originally found in tropical forests.... Arts and Crafts Teresinha Roberts Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=380401&ca=Arts+and+Crafts Natural dyes produce an extraordinary diversity of rich and complex colours as well as unexpected results, making them exciting to use. It is easy to design using natural colours as they complement each other well and rarely clash. Synthetic dyes, on the other hand, often look bright and garish and...