Give the gift of regenerative color!

Enjoy a share of our 2024 dye flower crop. Just like the farm to table model these sustainably grown dyes are from our small family farm to your dye pot. This assortment includes seven of our most popular flower dyes beautifully packaged in a Farm & Folk gift box along with everything you need to dive in and get right to work naturally dyeing. Consider this a gift to yourself or to the seasoned and aspiring natural dyers in your life. This comes with everything you need to get started so it may also be thought of as a beginner natural dye kit. I have plenty of free resources to guide you on your way (linked below). There’s a total of 200 grams of dried flowers in each box (nearly ½ pound) which will dye a good amount of fiber depending on the depth of shade you prefer and the type of fiber you will be dyeing. See my free blog post Natural Dyeing With Dye Flowers linked below. I recommend having plenty of mordanted fiber on hand so you can work your way through the exhaust baths as explained in my book on pages 42-44 (linked below). If you prefer to work with wool and silk fibers I recommend adding a bottle of Orvus Paste to your order.

All gift boxes will be shipped in protective outer boxes so they don’t get damaged during shipping.

In the box:

Cellulose scouring detergent (1 ounce)

Washing soda (50 grams)

Myrobalan tannin (100 grams)

A cute little matchbox to light your dye stove

Alum: potassium aluminum sulfate (125 grams)

Black Hollyhock (20 grams)

Black Scabiosa (20 grams)

Dyer’s Chamomile (35 grams)

Dyer’s Coreopsis (35 grams)

Marigolds-whole flowers (35 grams)

Rudbeckia (20 grams)

Sulfur Cosmos (35 grams)

A postcard that shows dyed samples from each flower

The gift box is 14’ x 10” x 4”

All of the flowers were grown, harvested, and cured by Sara here in southwestern Colorado on Ancient Future Farm. Our family has been tending this land and soil with regenerative growing methods since 2005. Our soil is nurtured through extensive cover cropping and our crops are fertilized with compost that we make right here on site. We never use synthetic chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or fungicides. Our dye flowers are harvested every day by hand when they reach their optimal potential and then carefully cured in our curing room out of direct sunlight. All of our natural dyestuffs are packaged in heat sealed envelopes to keep them fresh. For best results we recommend using them within a year.

Resources:

Natural Dyeing With Dye Flowers

Farm & Folk Natural Dye Series (free blog posts for beginner dyers)

Farm & Folk Quilt Alchemy

Farm & Folk Dye Flower Recipes (free blog post)