nature printing and stains

pigment clay soymilk dyes http://www.johnmarshall.to/8-RnaturalDyes.html
http://lizplummer.com/blog/2009/02/11/painting-with-ochres-and-soy-milk/
leave for 2 months to cure

clay dye http://www.prairiefibers.com/Clay%20Dyeing%20Info.htm

Scour & mordant cotton: http://www.wildcolours.co.uk/html/cotton.html
http://www.prairiefibers.com/scouring_fabric.htm

Premordant and NZ plant dyes, eucalyptus http://claresmith.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html

The clearest print on the silk is the centre bottom piece which shows all the leaf detail. It was soaked in Calci-trim milk. Soy milk also was a good pre-mordant for all the different types of fabric.

more mordant: http://red2white.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/experiment/

solar dye etc: http://tondro.com/labels/dyeing.html

dye print: http://www.studiobluedesigns.net/blog/?p=920

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=tsaconf&sei-redir=1#search=%22natural%20dye%20SOY%20MILK%22

dyes http://www.jennydean.co.uk/wordpress/?cat=11
compost dyes http://www.kbaxterpackwood.com/e-Books.htm
http://lizplummer.com/blog/2009/03/13/yummy-luscious-compost-dyed-fabric/
http://thenaturalsurface.blogspot.com/search/label/Dyed

shaving cream http://pavlosmayakis.com/links.php?28413
print a fish http://claresmith.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html

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Stains http://ohioline.osu.edu/outside/stainrem.html
grass-wheatgrass powder
tea/coffee
curry/tumeric
berry
beetroot
blood

Hot water can set protein stains such as milk, egg, or blood.
Heat will set most stains: tea, tumeric
Never rub a fresh stain with bar soap. Soap sets many stains.

Salt+ vinegar to the paste
iron


Salt Fixative (for berry dyes) 1/2 cup salt to 8 cups cold water

Plant Fixatives (for plant dyes) 4 parts cold water to 1 part vinegar

Add fabric to the fixative and simmer for an hour. Rinse the material and squeeze out excess. Rinse in cool water until water runs clear.


Dye Bath: Place wet fabric in dye bath. Simmer together until desired color is obtained. The color of the fabric will be lighter when its dry. Also note that all dyed fabric should be laundered in cold water and separately.

Muslin, silk, cotton and wool work best for natural dyes and the lighter the fabric in color, the better. White or pastel colors work the best.

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Restore Black Color with Coffee

To answer your question, you can refresh your black clothes by adding bluing, or strong coffee, or tea(2 cups) to the rinse water. They should return to their original dark black state. To prevent future fading, wash them in cold water, with Ivory Flakes plus only a small amount of detergent.