Your skin is your largest organ, so let's give it some extra attention! In this #SpotSpaLearningBar, you'll learn how to identify, process and create beautiful hues with plants that are good for the skin through bundle dyeing your own silk pillowcase and creating an herbal skin salve.

Your face has more contact with a pillowcase than any other fabric. Silk can be beneficial for your skin and hair, and it has been known to help with wrinkles, acne, bedhead and split ends, as well as being hypoallergenic and breathable for the skin. Herbal salves can provide support and relief with anything from minor cuts, scrapes and burns to dryness, rashes and bug bites. The magic of plants abounds!

Join us for a fun night of skin health, natural dyeing, herbal salve making and drinks, and you will leave with an herbal salve and one silk scarf that is crafted and tinted with colors from our natural landscape, made by your own hands!

Join us as we explore the art of growing, harvesting, and dyeing with plants grown here in Minnesota. You'll learn how to process plants and flowers from the forest, prairies, and your own gardens to create beautiful hues through bundle dyeing. We will create two silk scarves that are tinted with colors from our natural landscape that you can leave the workshop wearing!

Level and Prerequisite

Beginning: No prior experience necessary - just an interest in natural dyeing and a love for plants!

Materials Fee

A $10 materials fee is payable to the instructor for fabrics, mordants, and handouts.

Tuition

$36 WGM Member / $45 Non-Member

I will will be leading a natural dye workshop with the wonderful folks of Three Rivers Fibershed exploring the art of bundle dyeing with locally foraged plants. In this workshop, I will walk you through how to create beautiful hues on a silk scarf through bundle dyeing. By the end of class you’ll have learned the basic techniques of bundle dyeing and leave with a beautiful, naturally dyed scarf.

The cost of the workshop is $20/person with more information about registration to come. In the meantime, please RSVP if you plan to attend! 

RSVP :

All One Year One Outfit events are held in the event room at Vernon Oaks Apartments located at 5400 Vernon Ave S, Edina, MN 55436. The entrance to Vernon Oaks is located directly off of Vernon Ave S. and comes after Villa Way. There will be a large wood and brick sign with the building name and address. There is parking throughout and around the driveway. The entrance to the building will be on the right side of the roundabout driveway. Signs will be posted to assist with way finding. Once inside, the event room is located up the stairs and to the left, on the second floor. If you need to get ahold of someone on the day of the event, please call (920) 277-8100 for assistance. 

Join me in making your own naturally dyed silk scarf with colors from the kitchen and garden. We can capture the gorgeous hues of the season and reflect them in our clothing, just in time for the colorful spring and summer season.

Bring any plants you may have from your kitchen and gardens such as: eucalyptus, hibiscus, rose petals, turmeric, lavender, sage, marigolds, nettles, blueberries, mint, or other hues you would like to experiment with, and we will forage the land at Bluebird Hill Homestead to look for natural dye plants as well!

Bonus session will be broadcasting Woad seeds together as we cultivate local indigo right here in our own fibershed!

(Bring any plants you have listed above, all other materials provided)

$35

Make your own naturally dyed silk scarf with colors from nature. We can capture the gorgeous hues of the season and reflect them in our clothing. Join us as we create a naturally dyed silk scarf with colors from the kitchen and garden, just in time for colorful spring and summer outfit season. Please bring plants from your kitchen and gardens such as: eucalyptus, rose petals, turmeric, lavender, sage, marigolds, nettles, blueberries, mint, or other hues you would like to experiment with. 

This class is $20/person, $35/pair which includes a silk scarf.

Join us as we explore the art of growing, harvesting, and dyeing with plants grown here in Minnesota. Locally grown fiber and dye is gaining popularity as a skill, and you’ll learn how to process plants and flowers from the forest, prairies, and your own gardens to create beautiful hues. By the end of class you’ll have learned the basic techniques of cultivating your own natural dye garden and making dye from it.

Join us for an introduction to making an organic indigo vat with lime and fructose. We will go over basic indigo dip dyeing techniques as well as shibori. Please bring .5 oz of fiber to test out dyeing with (100% cotton, linen, wool, or silk), or, test out dyeing small wood pieces since we will be at the Women's Wood Workshop! Dress in clothes that can get messy.

Join us as we explore the art of growing, harvesting, and dyeing with plants grown here in Minnesota. You’ll learn how to process plants and flowers from the forest, prairies, and your own gardens to create beautiful hues. By the end of class you’ll have learned the basic techniques of making dye from a couple of plants available in Minnesota this fall. Participants will need to bring two to three different 100% natural fibers to dye (linen, silk, wool, cotton), that weigh no more than 8 oz all together. Fibers can be purchased at a fabric or craft store. Suggested donation is $10.00. Space is limited! To RSVP, email Andrea at andrea.e@tinydiner.com.

Instructor Information: Combining her training as a papermaker and book artist, and sustainable gardener and designer, Libby London uses and grows plants for natural dye and fiber. She grows and harvests dye plants in sustainable and ethical ways. Researching and experimenting with drought tolerant and resilient native plants for fiber and dye is important to her in the face of a changing climate and landscape.