Apricot pants - Cotton S

Inspired by & created with nature.

Upcycled apricot colored cotton pants with stretchy waistband, slightly cropped.

This piece has been slowly & naturally dyed & ecoprinted with:

~ Japanese Maple leaves from my garden

~ A tannin rich dyebath from my rolling dyepot.

Size S labeled size 10

Using only natural materials & botanicals, the colors & prints of this unique piece will naturally fade with age, washing & light exposure. Wash gently & dry in the shade.

The garment will take on a life of it’s own as it naturally ages, just like us, adding to it’s own uniqueness and individuality (just like you).

Created from natural fibres, at the end of it’s life this garment can be added to your compost heap to naturally decompose & feed the soil (very unlike synthetic clothing filled with chemicals).

More about the process:

Botanical Printing / Natural dyeing / Ecoprinting is a slow process where fabric is dyed and printed using the natural tannins, color & prints of botanicals (plants, leaves, roots, bark, flowers, lichens ). Much like our ancestors did for generations, clothing can be colored using nature’s abundance without the use of synthetic, toxic & dangerous chemicals. The colors are truely natural (found in my garden or foraged around my neighborhood, not out of packets), depicting the colors of my local surroundings & the ever changing seasons.

The very slow process involves essentially ‘cooking’ the fabric in a dye pot (a big herbal brew of plants materials) & printing patterns onto the fabric by way of bundling (wrapping botanicals into the fabric), often creating unique repeating patterns or string marks. Results vary and each piece is unique and unlike any other, with a story of it’s own held within. The plants, fabric, water quality, time of year, cooking time and many other aspects of the process create a boundless number of variables and resulting colors & patterns. Nothing like a bit of plant alchemy to spice up your wardrobe with magic.