How to dye fabric with onion skins

Dyeing fabric with nasty chemical dyes isn't good for you or the planet.
This video shows you how you can create beautiful fabrics by simply dyeing with discarded onion skins.

00:00 Intro
00:18 What you need to dye fabrics
03:08 Preparing your fabrics Scouring
07:58 Preparing your fabrics Mordanting
10:06 Making the onion skin dye
13:02 Dyeing the fabric
20:21 Final results

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About Victoria:
I'm Victoria Close, designer, maker and teacher of jewellery, accessories and crafts based in Shimokitazawa in Tokyo. I'm a long-time Tokyo dweller (over 25 years) with a passion for mottainai (the regret of waste when something still has life left in it), vintage thrifting and any kind of craft.

This channel is all about my love of crafts, both Japanese and non-Japanese, traditional and modern, vintage shopping, free finds, my atelier and tiny shop as well as my life in Japan.
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