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Confetti style table linen
Nora Meuhl Nora Meuhl

Confetti style table linen

Dye your own confetti style table cloth to create the most fun birthday tables! All you need is a handful of black beans, dried marigolds and madder pieces. Then use the bundle dyeing which is fun AND easy and tadaa your favorite new table line is done!

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Introduction to bundle dyeing
Nora Meuhl Nora Meuhl

Introduction to bundle dyeing

Learn how to naturally dye with fresh or dried flowers using the bundle dyeing technique. Upcycle old, stained textiles and turn them into brand new, colourful pieces of art!

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Easy-peasy place mat pouches
Nora Meuhl Nora Meuhl

Easy-peasy place mat pouches

These pouches are made from simple place mats and the perfect gift to yourself or others! It only takes easy steps to finish these, so grab a place mat and a zipper and let’s sew!

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Easy flower pounding with cosmos flowers
Nora Meuhl Nora Meuhl

Easy flower pounding with cosmos flowers

Flower pounding or "tatakizome" is an ancient Japanese technique of hammering plants onto fibres to transfer the colour and patterns of the leaves & flowers onto the fabric. I love to use this technique for covering up stains on shirts and pants, it’s perfect for upcycling! I posted a reel using this technique and it went slightly viral (thank you!) so this blog post is long overdue!

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Onion skin dyed back pockets - denim upcycle
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Onion skin dyed back pockets - denim upcycle

This thrifted pair needed a bit of natural color!

Because I didn’t want a big project I only dyed the back pockets and sewed them back on afterwards. Tadaa done! I love these cheeky onion skin back pockets and the subtle pop of color they add. Do you have a pair that needs a bit of color?

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Upcycled sneakers - ice dyeing on shoes
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Upcycled sneakers - ice dyeing on shoes

These Superga sneakers have taken me on many beautiful walks and to many amazing places, they are some of the most comfortable shoes I own. However, after all those years they naturally developed a more greyish patina and I stopped wearing them.

So there was only one solution to give them a new life: over-dyeing them with plant dyes!

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