Eco-Dyeing with
Staghorn Sumac

Create a unique t-shirt using Staghorn Sumac leaves.  Staghorn Sumac is a nonpoisonous native plant that can grow invasively along highways and yards. But is also makes wonderful, nuanced images when eco-dyed. In the morning, we’ll mordant your t-shirts and forage for sumac leaves and branches at Talking Bread.  Then you’ll put your t-shirt together and place it in an iron water dye bath. While the scarves are dyeing, you’ll have free time from 11:30 to approximately 1:00 to have lunch at Talking Bread or just relax with a snack.  Also, I’ll have supplies to make a string bracelet with naturally dyed cotton and a wooden bead. At 1:00 p.m. we’ll remove the scarves from the bath and have the” big reveal”. Participants much bring a 100% cotton t-shirt.

Saturday, Saturday September 26th , 10:00 a.m.to 11:30 a.m. and return at 1:00 pm, Talking Breads, Mechanicsburg, PA., Cost -  $45

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Natural Dyeing with
Wildwood’s Foraged Walnuts

Join us and dye your own cotton t-shirt.  While foraging for black walnuts with a Wildwood Naturalist, the t-shirts will be pre-treated so the dye will last longer. Once the walnuts have been collected, we’ll process them and create a dyebath. The first session will end with all the t-shirts soaking in the dye. Participants should plan to come back Thursday evening to remove their t-shirt from the dye vat and have the option of using iron to darken the color a bit more. All participants are required to bring a 100% cotton t-shirt with them. If you are unable to attend the follow-up session on Thursday evening, you can pick up your t-shirt at the Nature Center starting Saturday, October 10.  Program limited to 14 participants ages 12 and older.

Saturday, October 3, 10:00 a.m. to noon, Thursday, October 8, 6:00 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wildwood Park, Harrisburg PA.