Top Tips for Sharp Eco Prints

Top Tips for Sharp Eco Prints

How do you care for your eco printed textiles to ensure that they give years of use? At the beginning I always washed mine by hand but nowadays I pop them in my washing machine on the wool setting (usually at 20 to 30 degrees Celsius) and add the same gentle olive oil soap that I used when preparing them prior to printing. These particular silk tops line drying in the image above have been worn and washed for at least 3 full years each and as you can see the colours are still vibrant. I eco printed them in the dirty pot without using traditional powdered mordants but I also use the same soap when washing pieces printed on mordanted fabric and naturally dyed fabric. Here’s a link to a very short video sharing how I create this liquid soap from a solid bar. Please note that this is exactly the same way I would make it for wet felting!

Click HERE to watch the video!