Going wild with tartan design -- native natural dyes in New England?

[tulloch]

I'd go right to Old Sturbridge Village and ask them. They dye a lot in the summer there using natural dyes and I think the colors I have seen there could get a nice range of tartan colors. By the way; a nice saffron color can be gotten from onion skins from what I remember. I have not checked their website - just recollecting many, many times at the Village in the past 45 years. Would be fun to follow this and see what we can find.

[Tim Little]

I'd go right to Old Sturbridge Village and ask them. They dye a lot in the summer there using natural dyes and I think the colors I have seen there could get a nice range of tartan colors. By the way; a nice saffron color can be gotten from onion skins from what I remember. I have not checked their website - just recollecting many, many times at the Village in the past 45 years. Would be fun to follow this and see what we can find.

Doh! I suppose I should have thought of OSV. Plimoth Plantation would probably be a good resource, too -- particuarly for the Native American perspective.

[macwilkin]

You might also try the Amana Woolen Mill in Amana, Iowa, since 1857:

http://www.amanawoolenmill.com/

Regards,

Todd

[Kilted in Maine]

Doh! I suppose I should have thought of OSV. Plimoth Plantation would probably be a good resource, too -- particuarly for the Native American perspective.

Here you go...


http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/category/dyeing/

http://www.eatonhilltextiles.com/