The Natural Colors Cookbook: Custom Hues For Your Fabrics Made Simple Using Food

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In The Natural Colors Cookbook, the old is new again as hand dyeing fabric comes back into the spotlight with a more organic and natural approach. Maggie Pate will teach readers how to use all natural dyes from beans, berries and other kitchen staples to create custom patterns and vivid colors. As the owner and designer of naturally-dyed clothing label Nade, Maggie knows what it takes to produce quality and textiles and will share that expertise with readers, showing just how simple it is to create a one-of-a-kind hand-dyed project with a variety of fabrics, including cotton, satin, silk, yarn, fleece and more. The Natural Colors Cookbook will feature step-by-step directions for the dyeing process, as well as simple projects that can be made and then dyed. Maggie's dye recipes offer an alternative to mainstream chemical fabric dyes and allow readers to create their own custom dye colors that can't be found in a store, making projects unique and personal. Featuring easy to follow directions and helpful tips and tricks for beginner hand-dyers, The Natural Colors Cookbook has everything readers need to begin creating their own beautiful textiles. Maggie has almost 27k followers on Instagram and 85k followers on Pinterest. This book will have 12 projects and more than 25 custom colors.

Maggie Pate began her career in fashion as a model, but can now be found as the owner and designer behind Nade, an independent women's clothing label--featuring her hand-dyed fabrics--based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Maggie teaches sold-out workshops on natural hand-dyeing and weaving. She currently splits her time between Tennessee and NYC.

"Maggie brings sustainability full circle with her farm-to-fashion approach to bringing nature's abundant palette into your kitchen." --Shellie Pomeroy, Silk & Willow "The elegant and approachable recipes crafted by Maggie in The Natural Colors Cookbook offer an incredible amount of colorful possibility from something we all have at our fingertips." --Liz Spencer, The Dogwood Dyer "Maggie's talents, knowledge and creativity are a breath of fresh air. The Natural Colors Cookbook will inspire you to see all the possibilities hidden in the imperfect or inedible bits of food that are often cast aside, and to take a more mindful approach to the ways in which we consume and discard." --Carey Nershi, Photographer and Food Stylist