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Real students. Real plant-dyed color. Made at home.
Meet some of the Creative Mamas from my natural dyeing and eco printing courses. They started in their own kitchens and gardens, just like you, and now they sell at markets, exhibit in galleries and make gifts their families treasure.
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In their words
“I have learnt that natural dyeing is actually really easy”
“Natural dyeing is actually really easy and doesn’t have to cost a lot of money! Thanks Victoria for helping me achieve my goal of great results and a better understanding of which mordants to use.”
Shelly
“Since watching Victoria’s video trainings and putting her experience to use, I’ve done some lovely small batches and feel I can experiment even more. I highly recommend investing in this program!”
Jane J.
“I have been looking around for a clear eco print process and yours is the best I have found. The videos and instructions are very clear, with excellent back up PDF notes. I am very inspired.”
Wendy
Eco printing students
Botanical prints that don’t wash away
Leaves and flowers from their own backyards, printed onto silk, cotton, linen and upcycled clothes.
Eco Printing ULTIMATE
Nicole
Once Nicole learnt how to eco print on cotton using the iron blanket, she was hooked! Look at the leaf and flower detail she gets on that deep purple background.
Eco Printing + Sewing
Vicky
“I’ve managed to achieve what I planned: a bag with an eco dyed cotton panel. The side panels and back are calico dyed with a mix of leaves, and the handles are eco dyed calico with a leaf blanket. I’m happy with the result, though it’s a lot of work, and I hope to sell it at one of the 2 craft shows I’m taking part in over the next few weeks. Thank you for your help and support.”
Eco Printing
Jolie
“I just want to show you the scarf that I dyed using a solar dye bath that I made from the leaves of my ornamental cherry tree. I used a blanket over mordanted silk and I’m blown away by the result! Thank you again for the inspiration!”
Eco Printing
Debbie
“I finally printed my first items: a cotton apron and a silk scarf.”
Eco Printing ULTIMATE
Yu Ko
Yu Ko has developed her own unique style, combining eco printing foundations and color blankets with shibori and rust dyeing. She now exhibits her work in textile art galleries. See Yu Ko’s work
Eco Printing ULTIMATE
Margaret
After struggling with YouTube tutorials, Margaret got serious and enrolled. Her results were stunning straight away! She loves the data sheets and records every experiment so she can repeat her best prints on different fabrics.
Eco Printing
Taofi
Taofi prints local leaves and flowers onto silks, wools and upcycled garments. Her style has become super popular, and she sells at Maldon Market and the Castlemaine Artists Market in Victoria, Australia.
Eco Printing ULTIMATE
Lesley
Lesley is working through every technique in the course and sharing it with her friends. She hired a community room and they spent a lovely day eco printing and bundle dyeing silk scarves together. What a blast!
Eco Printing + Natural Dyeing
Barbara
Barbara combines botanical eco prints with natural dyes on large pieces of silk. Her work is featured at an art gallery in Port Hope, Ontario. See more on her website and Instagram.
Eco Printing + Natural Dyeing
Tina
A former music teacher, Tina is now the queen of eco printed handbags, pillows and scarves, and sells her creations locally. I adore her handbags, and her printed silk scarves are amazing!
Eco Printing
Josephine
Josephine is a super talented grandma who dived into eco printing and experiments with different fabrics and techniques. These prints are made with ferns and eucalyptus leaves, and the grandkids are having fun too!
Eco Printing
Denise & Marion
These lovely friends are partners in crime when it comes to eco printing! They print silk scarves together using a variety of flowers from Marion’s backyard.
Eco Printing + Upcycling
Julie
In just a few months Julie created a beautiful body of work, the Echo Forest Collection, mostly on recycled cotton clothing. I love how she transforms old clothes! Shop her Etsy store
Eco Printing
Sharon B.
“Victoria’s eco printing has opened my eyes to so many possibilities. Her methods of teaching are amazing, easy to follow, fun… and the prints that I got the first time done, my jaw dropped! These are the first linen fabrics I ever printed after taking the course, I made a dress for myself with them.”
Eco Printing
Sassy
Sassy is a star experimenter who loves trying different prints on different materials. She turns her printed fabrics into beautiful tote bags that are always very well received.
Eco Printing
Vanessa
Vanessa is a young mom who prints her babies’ clothes, especially when they turn yellowish after many washes. She now makes gifts for her friends’ babies and is gaining a reputation as the crafty mom!
Eco Printing + Upcycling
Ada’s upcycled silk blouse
“I was able to upcycle this old silk blouse which was all stained under the arms. Using the techniques inside this course I was able to transform it into a beautiful printed top which I now use all the time and will treasure forever!”
Eco Printing
Ada’s tea towel gifts
“I also created lots of different prints (from the techniques in the course) on cotton fabrics and made them into these beautiful tea towels for my friends as Christmas gifts!”
Love these botanical prints?
Learn the same 3-Step Eco Printing Framework these students started with, on cotton, linen, silk and wool.
Natural dyeing students
Their own natural color palettes
Onion skins, madder, marigolds and garden flowers turned into yarns, tapestries and gifts.
Natural Dyeing
Bonnie
Bonnie owns Good Karma Fibers in Virginia and sells her naturally dyed yarn at The Stitch Witch and fiber fairs. She dyes with coffee, madder, logwood, kamala and marigolds, then uses modifiers to extend her palette.
Natural Dyeing ULTIMATE
Teri
Teri enrolled and immediately got busy with her granddaughter, creating beautiful shades of yellow on wool yarns and silks. She is passing this craft on to her grandchildren, which makes her a super star!
Natural Dyeing
Ada
“I can’t believe these colors I was able to create. I started dyeing with onion skins and eucalyptus and started creating the most amazing variety of yellows, coppers and golds. Now I am experimenting with logwood and dyeing my roving to use in wet felting! I am hooked!”
Natural Dyeing
Patricia
Patricia dyes her own wool yarns and weaves them into one of a kind tapestries. She takes the core techniques and adds her own flair. I love her work!
Natural Dyeing + Eco Printing
Alison
Alison creates gallery-exhibited art on antique cloth kept from her Yiayia (grandmother) in Cyprus, inspired by her family’s story. Sometimes her mother works with her too. I always get goosebumps when I see her work.
Natural Dyeing
Valerie
Valerie is part of the Handmade coop in Labrador, Canada, where Creative Mamas make gifts from local plants and sell them to tourists at historic sites each summer. Her colorful scarves are just gorgeous!
Natural Dyeing
Sale
Sale knits these adorable hats for her son’s cats with yarn she dyed using madder root. We just had to share these little furries!
Natural Dyeing
Sharon’s first dye pots
“Have loved the course on dyeing, so much fun and easy to follow. Orange is brown onions, green is red onions and the very pale fawn is dark pink camellia flowers from my garden.”
Natural Dyeing
Christine’s merino
“I am very happy with my 300g of merino yarn!! A few parts are paler than the rest, and I like it to look a little varied! Thank you Victoria 🙏”
More from our students
“I registered to your Eco Printing class and I love it! Your course handbook is fantastic and so well organized. (I am a retired professor of history of art and architecture). Thank you so much for your wonderful course and your time.”
Eirina
“I now understand why my results using avocados have been so disappointing. I was not doing 2 of the steps and I was using the wrong mordant. Thanks for bringing light into my practice. I feel very inspired to keep dyeing with natural dyes.”
Amanda, hobbyist and teacher
Ready to make your own colors?
Start with the beginner bundle, or go deep with my signature course for color that lasts wash after wash.
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Which course is right for you?
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Natural Dyeing CREATIVE Bundle
For beginners who want to dye their first fabrics and yarns with leaves, flowers and kitchen materials, without overwhelm.
$37 USD $118
My signature course
Natural Dyeing ULTIMATE Course
For consistent, repeatable color on wool, silk, cotton and linen, with the Formula Calculator doing the math for you.
$147 USD
For leaf lovers
Eco Printing ULTIMATE Course
For bright, defined leaf prints that don’t wash away, using my 3-Step Eco Printing Framework.
$147 USD
Want both? Get my 3 bestselling courses together in the Eco Dyeing Printing Bundle ($197). Not sure where to start? Compare all the courses.
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This is the kind of color depth we get in my live workshops here in New Zealand, and it’s exactly what I teach online, step by step. You don’t need a studio or a science degree. You need clear steps, the reasons behind them, and a teacher who’s made every mistake so you don’t have to.
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XOXO Victoria 🌻🌿
