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23626
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Asheville designer, Barbara Zaretsky, has revived plant-based dying, an art that was nearly lost with the invention of colorfast chemical dyes. She uses natural plant dyes to color her hand made accessories, which include items like scarves, table runners, and pillows.
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31610
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Natural dyeing refers to any dye made from vegetable dyes or plant parts. North Carolina claims an abundance of plant materials that can be used for dyeing, including indigo, bloodroot, pokeberry, sassafras, and black walnuts. This article describes which plants produce certain colors, and the processes of making a dyebath, setting the colors, and dyeing wool.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Jan 1976, p14-15, il
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31122
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Southern Dyestuff Company (Sodyeco), located in the heart of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, was founded in 1936, and in just more than a quarter of a century has become the leading supplier of sulfur dyes to the American textile industry. With a staff of chemists, engineers, and technicians, Sodyeco emphasizes research and development, and recently a development in a low-cost, vat-dyed colorfast denim has been a major milestone for the company.
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