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i loosely followed thedimelions’s tutorial for naturally dyeing a pride flag, with a lot of added research about natural dyes, stains, mordants, sewing, etc, and i wanted to share my results!!

process, notes, and more pics under the read more🌱

starting off i soaked my fabric (100% cotton acquired from joann's during their closing sale, rip joann's ;-;) in a 1:5 mixture of soy milk and water for 12 hours, then let dry on a clothesline in the sun, then dipped and dried two more times (the proteins in the soy milk help the natural dyes adhere to the fabric, creating darker colors and better colorfastness)

while that was happening i started making my dyes, which involved simmering my chosen dyestuffs in some water for 30-60 minutes. i didnt time it, just went until the color developed to a point i was happy with

as far as ratios i didn’t measure, but the more dyestuff = stronger color so err on the side of more

red: turmeric + baking soda, paprika, and yellow onion skin dye as the liquid base

orange: yellow onion skins

yellow: turmeric

green: red cabbage + baking powder (LOTS), turmeric

blue: red cabbage + baking powder

purple: red cabbage

for the red cabbage dyes, i added the baking powders and soda after simmering and just kept adding and stirring till i got the color i wanted. ((BIG NOTE red cabbage, and debatably most of the others that I used, are fugitive dyes, meaning its not a true dye and more of a stain that will fade with time and wash out more easily, especially without mordanting on additives like iron. keep this in mind if you end up doing this project or transfering these methods to cloth you will be using for clothes, ie washing and wearing more frequently))

i also tried to make a pink with avocado skins and pits, which did come out a lovely rosy color, but i didn’t end up using in the final flag, which i might use beet or red cabbage + lemon juice or another acidified for next time to get a more bright pink

now with my dyes ready and my cloth dried out from its previous soy milk dip i cut it into strips and stuck it in the jars, which were placed in the sun for the day (alternatively, you could simmer the cloth in the pot) and then left to sit overnight

the next day i squeezed out the excess dye and gave the ones with turmeric a light rinse to get the grit out, then hung them to dry

((small note i reused the dyes baths to see what would happen since they still looked just as pigmented, but the colors are much much much more faded on the second go around. all in all its doable, but I wouldn't recommend it.))

now time to sew! i procured a second hand sewing machine specifically for this project and had never sewed before, but thankfully this required the easiest stitch in the game (a straight stitch in a straight line). i looked up how to sew a flag specifically to get those clean lines rather than just overlapping, and this video was great (shoutout Suffolk Public Library)

as you can see my flag ended up quite long cause I left a lot of wiggle room, so I just look up flag ratios, trimmed it up (and used the extra strip of rainbow as decoration) then added a white strip folded over to make a way for me to hang it on a stick if I ever so desire.

and ta daaa! i would still like to clean it up a bit, and do a zig zag stitch around the outside to stop the cloth from fraying further, but im happy with the unpolished look of it. once i figure out how to get a pink I like, and how to get browns and blacks, i want to make a progress flag and trans flag. also just started growing some indigo, so excited to see if I can get some blue dyes out of that.

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making a shirt for a concert i’m going to soon, it’s my first time working with fabric transfer paper and i’ve still got a bunch of printing and cutting to do

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went to another pride event today and I'm considering reworking this bag again cuz i got a cool new patch but i’m might take a break from sewing since i’ve been doing it a bunch recently

before and after pics of a gas mask bag i got at an antique store a couple years ago, wasn’t quite happy with how I decorated it so i decided to rework it

i painted all the patches except for the sunflowers on the strap of the bag, those were leftover fabric from a t-shirt i used to make the back patch for my vest

the buttons i bought while working at faire this year and one of the pins and the aroace star was made by one of my partners :-)

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part 2 with my rearranged pins

updating my vest a bit, just a chill side project to take a break, so here’s the back patch i just repainted

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updating my vest a bit, just a chill side project to take a break, so here’s the back patch i just repainted

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haven’t been working on much art recently But! that’s because me and one of my partners were working on stuff to have a booth at pride this year!!

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happy pride to these idiots

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all my panels from the Ring of Fired redraw! I had a blast getting to work on it : - ]

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YIPPIE!!!

after 5 months in the making, over 70 artists(closer to 80 actually) came together to redraw each panel of the first comic of the mann co no more series in their own style

artists featured include: @infamouslydorky

@okaydiscount

@fruitycircus

@dinoburger

@haileybirdart

among others. be sure to check out each artist out! they all contributed amazing art to this project!

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Commission for @moons-br ! Thank you so much for being so patient with this project, it was a pleasure working on it :]

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WWDITS II S6 animations

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he’s a man of the people 😎

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Thinking about that old man

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redraw of my Lyfrassir Eda design from my old blog almost a year and a half ago waoh

once again, Lyf gets to be blue because I said so

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my favorite inspector

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probably won’t be the final version but here it is for now (click for better resolution cuz tumblr kills it)

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Moss and lichen inspired repairs on my jacket. Some of my oldest and newest work lives on this thing.