Duerr, Sasha
Summary: A book of seasonal projects using the brilliant spectrum of colors derived from plants to naturally dye your clothing and home textiles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watson-Guptill Publications 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.6 DUEMcLaughlin, Chris
Summary: A Garden to Dye For shows how super-simple it is to plant and grow a dyer's garden and create beautiful botanical dyes. Features include 40-plus plants that the gardener-crafter can grow for an all-natural, customized color palette. A dyer's garden can be a mosaic of flowers, herbs, roots and fruits that lend us their pigments to beautify other areas of our lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Lynn's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 667.26 MCLBooth, Abigail
Summary: Fabrics colored with natural dyes have a beauty and subtlety all of their own. Onion and avocado skins, chamomile and birch bark, and nettles and acorns can produce lovely, ethereal colors and effects. The Wild Dyer demystifies this eco-conscious art, focusing on foraging and growing dying materials; repurposing kitchen trimmings; making and using long-lasting dyes; and creating stitched projects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 667 BOOBurgess, Rebecca
Summary: "'Harvesting Color' presents the entire process of infusing your life with color--finding the right plants, harvesting them at the best time, transforming the crop into beautiful dye, and, finally, marring pigment to fiber. In this beautiful book, Rebecca Burgess showcases thre dozen common plants that yield striking hues. Citing fascinating botanical lore, she demystifies the process of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.6 McRaeGrae, Ida.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collier Books 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.6 GraeBehan, Babs
Summary: Botanical Dyes features recipes and top tips on everything you need to know to make your own natural dyes.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quadrille 2023
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Summary: "The thrilling true story of an ancient plant, wonderfully reborn in the modern era through the hard work of two female scientists. Thousands of years ago, in a time of rebellion, the Jewish people fought against their Roman rulers. The brutal Emperor Titus ordered the destruction of everything precious to the Jews: towns, villages, even their beloved Judean date palm trees. Centuries passed....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 634 LEMDahan, Bonnie Trust.
Summary: A lavishly photographed decorating guide demonstrates how to instill garden themes in an apartment or other city home, from suggestions on window decorations and color applications to instructions on building an indoor topiary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 747.98 DAHGardner, Jane P.
Summary: "In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the features of tectonic plates, how they have shaped Earth's surface in the past, and how they could change Earth in the future. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about tectonic plates and their impact on our planet"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jump!, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.1 GARBuscaglia, Sara Larson
Summary: "Farm & Folk Quilt Alchemy explores natural dyeing methods and details the process of creating a quilt from scratch. With an emphasis on the slow and intentional aspects of hand stitching, Buscaglia's quilts are artful and satisfying to create. By focusing on select dye plants and recipes, which are all ideal for cotton and linen specifically, Buscaglia teaches the reader how to achieve...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2023
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Summary: We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 200,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing, putting our entire food supply in jeopardy. In North America and Europe, bee populations have already plummeted by more than a third and the population of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2019
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Contents: Key 1 Plants with Needlelike, Scalelike, or Awl-Shaped Leaves -- Key 2 Broadleaf Evergreen Flowering Plants -- Key 3 Broadleaf Deciduous Plants with Opposite or Whorled Leaves -- Key 4 Broadleaf Deciduous Plants with Alternate, Compound Leaves -- Key 5 Broadleaf Deciduous Plants with Alternate, Simple Leaves -- Key 6 Plants with Stems-Twigs Armed: Thorns, Spines, Prickles -- Key 7 Woody Vines:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2016