Osamequin Farm & your local Fibershed are collaborating to bring you
our third annual DYE PARTY!

A chance to gather with like-minded creatives and play with color on the farm.

what to expect

• flower dye vats brewing and other stations set up for you to explore

• hapazome, shibori, bundle dye and other techniques to play around with

• fresh leaf indigo and indigo vats

• a dyers marketplace! pre-mordanted blanks available for purchase, to use at the party or bring home

  • plus, dried dye materials and other supplies for your natural dyeing experimentation

• refreshments and an idyllic setting to enjoy and explore

NEW THIS YEAR

• Fibershed Marketplace! meet local artists, farmers, and creators

• natural fibers clothing swap! bring your cotton, linen, hemp, wool clothes to swap with others. adult & children’s clothes welcome! leftovers will be donated.

• Meet the Fibershed! chat with Amy and learn about how you can get involved with your local fibershed.

LOGISTICS

1 ticket to the DYE PARTY is $28 and includes 1 pre-mordanted ready to dye cotton bandana (22x22”). You can choose to dye your bandana at any of the available stations - classic vat dye, shibori vat dye, bundle dyed, hapazome (flower pounding), fresh leaf indigo…

Additional ready-to-dye bandanas and tote bags will be available for purchase at the event. If you’d like to bring your own items to dye, see below.

Anyone is invited to attend the dye party,
whether you have experience with natural dyeing or not,
and whether you plan to create or just be part of the experience!

The farm will be open for foraging if you’re interested in gathering found materials to use in your project.

DYEING YOUR OWN ITEMS

In order to hold on to natural dye and be lasting and light-fast, fibers require special pre-treatment that begins with scouring and is followed by a mordant process specific to the type of fiber (cotton, wool, silk, etc). Synthetic fibers are not recommended for natural dyeing.

The dyeable materials we’ll offer at the event have gone through this treatment process.

IF you have something you want to dye and you’d like to bring it to the event, you need to email Sarah@osamequinfarm.com and let her know what the item is, how much it weighs in grams, and what material it’s made of. We humbly request you not bring anything bigger/denser than a tshirt to dye, out of respect for other people’s participation - larger bulkier items will take up significant room in the limited dye vat space.
We will then do our best to coordinate getting you the appropriate mordant and prep instructions to do on your own at home before the event. We will not be doing any mordanting of personal items at the event.

Would you like to be involved?

Please use the form below to reach out and we can figure out how to make your idea a part of the event.