Hello, I'm Gabriella, and
Welcome to Leaf Alkemy
A textile artist's studio where I create one-of-a-kind textile pieces for garments and homeware using ecoprinting and natural dyeing techniques.
I'm also working with patchwork quilting, embroidery, and crochet, incorporating my fabrics and hand dyed yarns and thread.
My passion for nature extends beyond textile art and into organic gardening, growing flowers, veg and herbs which I use for dyeing, cooking and herbal remedies.
Here you'll find inspiration for eco-printing and natural dyeing, embroidery projects and digital patterns, ideas for upcycling clothing with these techniques, interesting crochet projects and art quilts.
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Happening now:
Check out my new embroidery kit launch & have a read on my blog to find your free Christmas gift from me!
The inspiration to create naturally dyed embroidery kits that serve a useful purpose was that most of the kits I see are plain white squares of cheap fabric, which you don't know what to do with when you finished the project.
I wanted to change that, and make colourful fabrics dyed with plants, which can be embellished with hand embroidery, and serve a useful purpose as well as being beautiful.
Explore the Collection
Original indie design Handcrafted & Upcycled, Eco-printed clothing
What you will find here: Naturally beautiful handcrafted pieces
Each piece begins with a plain white natural fibre cloth, some new, some vintage. The fabric is then prepared with minerals for dyeing, and then colour is applied with plant based dyes, or bundled with fresh foliage or flowers either foraged in the wild or grown in our garden and finally steamed, to achieve the imprint of the plants on the cloth.
Recently I started using another exciting technique with rusted metal pieces, to create abstract printed patterns in an earthy colour palette of rusty tones, rich browns, greys and blacks.
Plant dyes offer a renewable and rich colour palette each season. Many of the plants I use as dyes are either medicinal, or known as weeds, or seasonal garden and hedgerow plants. Leaves, flowers, roots and bark, in harmony with nature and the seasons.
check out the gallery to view previous creations
PACKAGING
100% Recycled
SAVED RAINWATER
We save the rainwater in our garden and use it in the dyeing process
NON TOXIC
All our dyes are natural and non-toxic
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Siobhan Black Englishby
Thanks a million for my gorgeous T-shirt and scarf Gabriella. They are really special, I love the way they are made using leaves and flowers to dye each piece individually. It’s clear that much care and attention has gone into them. Each one is really like a work of art and totally unique.
Shirain
I cannot begin to describe how beautiful this bag is! The eco print, the soft fabric on the inside, the colors! The shipping was insanely quick and the quality superb. Will be using this bag on the daily as it fits everything I need.