Bundle Dyeing in the CSA Garden

With so many freshly harvested flowers in the garden, we had to try out some bundle dyeing! All you need is fabric (we’re using silk scarves), a branch, string, and dye stuffs. With the fabric slightly damp, arrange the petals,

Recycled Scaffolding: Raised Beds

How lucky are we at Sewing Seeds to have the sponsorship of Build it Green! NYC! Last weekend we picked up the recycled scaffolding used to build the garden beds, turning some lumber past its prime to a new use.

This week in TAC After School…

Monday’s Printing + Dyeing class got to see the results of their dye bundles created with materials from the Sewing Seeds Dye Garden.   Undoing dye bundles in front of TAC.   Undoing dye bundles in front of TAC.  

After School at the Brooklyn Textile Arts Center

Being an Education Intern for the Brooklyn TAC’s after school program has been an incredible opportunity; I learn something new with each class. So far, on the Monday and Wednesdays I’ve been at TAC, we’ve painted fabric with silk resist

Sewing Seeds: Weld Profile

The weld in our garden is lookin gooooood. It is starting to resemble what it will look like as a mature plant! Weld, a.k.a. reseda luteola, is a biennial, which means that it goes through its whole life cycle in

Sewing Seeds: Babies Moving Out

That’s it, the day has come.. our baby dyeing plants are moving out! No reasons to be sad though, since they will still need (maybe even more) our care. The Gil Hodges Community Garden is looking gorgeous (thanks to the

Sewing Seeds: First baby plants

Last week we started germinating indoors some of the dyeing plants that will be represented in the Living Dye Library on the communal garden: japanese indigo, indigo, dyers woodruff and and ladys bedstraw. I’m happy to announce that we have