Fabric, Dyes, Books, Kits & Supplies

Here are some of the resources that I use in sewing and dyeing. Yes, they are the very same, cut from the same bolt, off my book shelf, and the same dyes. I find them the easiest to use with natural fibers, especially cotton.


Check out my informational page on Tie Dye.

These are the very same dyes I use to blend my colors. Like matching any recipe, I can't tell you how to match my colors exactly, but you will come out with exciting results.

Use for tie dye, garment dye, batik, and fabric printing. These dyes are low impact on the environment. The instructions are so easy to follow.

Make sure to order one cup of soda ash for each bottle of dye powder.

004 Lemon Yellow 010 Bright Gold 016 Rust Orange 028 Bright Scarlet 030 Fire Engine Red 032 Carmine Red 034 Magenta 040 Fuchsia 050 Deep Purple 058 Marine Violet 068 Turquoise 071 Teal 072 Medium Blue

078 Navy 086 Forest Green 094 Emerald Green 097 Bright Green 106 Bronze 124 Burgundy 126 Brown Rose 128 Warm Black 150 Jet Black 011 Antique Gold 035 Hot Pink 042 Raspberry

069 Aqua Marine 079 Midnight Blue 105 Olive 107 Avocado 119 Chocolate 170 Ecru 180 Peach 184 Bubble Gum 192 Lilac 199 Ice Blue 201 Robin's Egg Blue 210 Pale Aqua 230 Pearl Grey

Tie Dye, Back by Popular Demand $11.95 Virginia Glesser.

Virginia is possibly the world's formost tie dye artist. She shares in this book some of the techniques that she pioneered in the 60's in California and on The Farm in the 70s. She is as brilliant at teaching tiedye as she is at dying.

Tie Dye to Die for & Batik You Can't Resist $5.95 Feltus, Otten, & Niemiec.

Twenty Eight pages of idiot proof instructions with clear pictures. Easy as falling off a log.

Kites for Every One $13.00, More Kites $10.00, Greger

How to instructions to make more than forty different kites, from quickies that can be made in minutes, to exotic kites for the experienced kite builder. Classroom tips and patterns for wind socks, parachutes, and kite bags.

Intro to Batik $10.95, Griffin & Hone

A beginner's book on how to do batik, the ancient art form of using wax and dye on fabric to create beautiful paintings, wall hangings, and wearable art.

Hands On Dyeing $9.95, Blumenthal & Krieder

It's easy! This book guides you in the dyeing of natural fibers. Easy to follow instructions and illustrations for dying yarns and fabrics. Designed especially for use with Procion dyes.

Dye Painting! $19.95, Johnston

This is a fabulous book about painting with thickened dyes rather than paints. It is packed with ideas & experiments. Designed for use with Procion Dyes.

How to make Ukrainian Easter Eggs $3.50, Surmach

This is one of those obscure little treasures that I hunt for. Besides the wonderful instruction on making these beautiful eggs, it has history, symbolism, and black and white photos to work from.

Tie Dye Kits $22.95

This kit contains 3 pre measured dyes, 4 bottles, fixer, rubber gloves, rubber bands, applicator bottles, and easy instructions....everything you need to dye up to 15 adult T shirts. Since there is no heating or measuring involved, this is an excellent project for home school or smallgroup use. WOW!

Tie Dye Class $59.95

Similar to the kit above, this kit contains enough to do roughly 30 shirts.

Dye Sticks/set of 7 $2.25

These crayon like sticks are the easiest fabric art for adults or small children. I have used them for quick and easy projects, and for more advanced work. The color sets with heat (an iron works best.) Repeat the process in several layers to attain the color intensity you desire.

Soda Ash

At the moment I am not shipping Soda Ash. It is a white powder, and I do not want to cause any problems at the post office with an in advertant leak. You can get soda ash at any pool or spa supply store. (It is what they use to balance the pH in the water.) Or you can use washing soda, available at many markets (especially older ones, the kind likely to have Mason canning jars and canning supplies.)

Sodium Alginate SH $4.75/2 oz

A thickener used in cotton and hemp fabric painting and batik.

Urea $2.50 Lb

A humectant that keeps the fiber damp longer to allow dye to ripen to an intense color.

Gutta Resist $6.75

A colorless, true rubber based resist for professional and amateur use in painting silk or cotton. Holds a very crisp line. Leave it on the fabric when done, or dry clean to remove.

Batik Wax $9.50/lb

A combination of microcrystalline and paraffin wax, especially formulated to create the beautiful crackle batik.

Applicator Bottle 79¢

1/2 oz bottle for applying dye, gutta, paint or glue. Plastic nib can be cut for various sized line

Precision Nib $2.50

For use with the Applicator Bottle when you need a really fine line

Tie Dye Bottle $1.50

16 oz bottle for tie dye or other large applications

Tjanting Tool #4.30

This Tjanting tool is a traditional, time proven style with a brass reservoir and wooden handle used by batik artists world over. Broad, Medium, or Fine Tip

These are the fabrics that I use to make all of the clothing in the catalog. I suggest laundering before home use, because cotton will shrink.
The fabrics range from low impact to certified organic. Certified Organic fabric takes time and money to develop, and there are many ways for ordinary cotton to be marketed as organic. As a micro business I do not have the resources to properly monitor my sources, so I do not label any of the fabrics as Certified Organic. I use the term "low impact." This means that the fabric has been manufactured in a way that uses as few chemicals as possible. As someone that is chemically sensitive, I sell only the fabric that I CAN HANDLE WITH NO REACTIONS.
Prepared for Dying (PFD): Not treated with sizing or formaldehyde. This is the very minimum that I can handle without reaction.
Unbleached: Meets standards for PFD, and has not been bleached with environmentally hazardous Chlorine bleach. I always try to get unbleached when I can.

Fabric sample pack: A sampling of all the currently available yardage $1.00

100% COTTON, unbleached

Knit 50" $6.50 Great tee shirt stuff.

Flannel 45" $7.50 Thick and luxurious, but shrinks like a son of a gun with the first washing.

100% COTTON, unbleached or PFD

Gauze 58" $6.50 Light and airy, just heavy enough so that it is not see through.

Light Gauze 58" $7.50 Lighter that the regular gauze.

Peking 50" $7.50 Heavier than the regular gauze. Like a light brulap only softer.

100% COTTON, white Twill 58" $6.50 Soft and durable, about as heavy as a well washed denim.

Fleece Knit 58" $7.50 A sweat shirt fabric in 100% Cotton.

Batiste 50" $7.50 Thin, fine weave. Great for slips & unmentionables. It has a slight pinkish cast.

Odds & Ends

97% Cotton/3% Lycra 58" $15.00 Use it in all types of active wear. A bit heavier than most stretchy fabrics for durability. Make sure to rinse thoroughly if you use in a chlorinated pool.) Unbleached or PFD.

Ocarina Goose Eye Green 58" $20.00 A specialty weave from organic Fox Fiber. Other Ocarina Fabrics are available by special order.

TAUGA NUT BUTTONS

Dime size Coffee or Vanilla color 6/$1.00

Quarter size Coffee or Vanilla color 6/$2.50

A natural button, made from a renewable rain forest product. Note: sizes may vary (usually smaller.)

Email me if you would like a printed copy of this catalog. It is nothing more than a stale copy of what you see here, but I am glad to send it to you if really want one.

B.Coole Designs
2631 Piner Rd. Santa Rosa Ca 95401
800-992-8924 707-575-8924

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