How to Hammer Flowers on Clothing so it LASTS (Eco Friendly DIY Project)

Flower hammering/eco printing is a fun way to experiment with natural dye and customize your clothes. Here are 6 tips to make your flower pounding prints more colorfast and last longer! This eco friendly project idea is easy to do, with minimal supplies.
Books mentioned:
Eco Color by India Flint
Harvest Color by Rebecca Burgess
How to Mordant your Fabric: Maiwa's Guide to Natural Dyes is very helpful for mordant and learning how to use natural dyes :maiwahandprints.blogspot.com/p...
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[@juliakelly6769]

This is a fun project! I did this with my kindergartners on a small scale. I will send the finished project. I will try adding the steaming step to hold the dye better. Thank you.

[@leonasdesigns]

I just recently flower pounded a white cotton shirt. It was a fun experience and some flowers pounded better than others. If it fades it is okay I will just paint over it with fabric markers or paint pens. I haven’t ironed set it or washed it yet though

[@peggyfuller5594]

I did this with poppies. It turned out beautiful I never thought about setting. your video gave me inspiration to try it again

[@Frannyp4ck]

I'm about to try this for the first time and was looking for reference content, your video has been super helpful! Thank you!

[@salamannader]

I needed this video!!

[@NoDecaf7]

This is really neat and something that would be fun to do with kids. I think I'd want to see a few demo videos before trying it myself though.

[@dayaweerasena941]

good , simple ,tks.

[@natalija9413]

I have waited awhile to wash the items after flower pounding and still the flowers bleed - talking months later. any suggestions ? some say to put in cold water right away and some say wait as long as you can

[@sonjazachowski8777]

So am I understanding correctly....once u have mordant a garment u can always return to garment and hammer it again?? Even after machine washing etc. Also if one was to sell made garments would u recommend hand wash only

[@MyGreenCloset]

You can keep adding to it but the mordant will be less effective the more it's washed, but dye will still stick. And yes, handwashing is best!

[@a.p.49]

Can ironing inside out, salt or vinegar help with fixating the colours?

[@MyGreenCloset]

No, not really. Some people claim salt helps with berry dyes but in general salt and vinegar are not mordants so they won't help the colour bind. With ironing from the back I don't think there's much difference than ironing with a cloth.

[@detoxartofficial]

hi, I don't see the link for the process of "Mordant Fabrics" - I am researching to do this right the first time around 🤣

[@MyGreenCloset]

Hi, I usually use Maiwa's guide: maiwahandprints.blogspot.com/p/guide-to-natural-dyes.html

[@detoxartofficial]

thank you!! @@MyGreenCloset

[@therockbeast6214]

Would you ever shave your hair again

[@emiliahuban4812]

So much work for nothing.