Carola Jones, Teaching Artist
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Dye Samples From Plants, Flowers, Nuts & Insects

Southeastern Algonquin Medicine Cloth

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My "Go To" Dye Is Indigo ... I feel in love with the process as a child and it continues to excite me 50 years later.  Indigo dyed fabric is green when it comes out of the pot, and as it oxidizes it turns blue (right before your eyes).  All fabric is hand dyed and hung on a clothesline to dry just like my mother, grandmothers, great-grandmothers and women around the world.  Once fabric is removed from dye pot, I dry it naturally, preferably by oxidizing in the sunshine and blowing in the wind.  Then I machine wash the fabric to remove any dye that didn't attach to the fibers. 

Images Showing Indigo Dye Processes

Natural Dye Samples

Resources From "Growing Color: Natural Dyes From Plants"
​Symposium, October 2016, NC Arboretum
Couleurs Presentation | Growing Color Part #1 | Growing Color Part #2 | NC Plant Dye Conference

How Do I Create What I Make?
Beginning January 2021 Share My Creative Hands Experiences
​Online In On Demand Classes & Live Workshops

Blog - Fiber Art by Carola
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My Blog Serves As My Online Visual Journal & Musings About Multi-Cultural Creativity

2021 Workshops To Be Taught at Wilson Community College, Herring Avenue, Wilson, NC

​​Indigo Dyeing
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Multi-Generational Traditions: Transferring Knowledge From One Generation To The Next
Link to 2021 Online Class Under Construction

Modern Quilting

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Stitching Life Lessons: Stories Of Surviving Jim Crow Shared Around A Quilting Frame In Eastern NC
Link to 2021 Online Class Under Construction

Embroidery, Beads, Shells & Crochet Embellishments

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Showing Up & Showing Off!: The Civil Rights Movement & The Freedom To Be Seen Wearing Our Traditional Clothing
Link to 2021 Online Class Under Construction

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