Naturally dyed fabric wrap

Make your own naturally dyed (and reusable) fabric wrap this Christmas.

Published: November 27, 2019 at 12:40 pm

Help your gifts stand out this year by making your own sustainable wrapping. Instead of using paper, give old fabrics a new lease of life with natural dye and decorations made from foliage. Family and friends will love the effort you have gone to and they can reuse the fabric themselves in the future. Instead of getting tangled in a flurry of sellotape, take inspiration from the traditional Japanese ‘furoshiki’ style of fabric wrap.

Words and pictures: Becki Clark

With natural dye, the fabric often requires a mordant: a fixing treatment to  make sure the dye stays permanent. Avocado stones contain tannin, which acts as an excellent natural mordant and binds well to natural fibres.

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