Justine Aldersey-Williams is a creative activist specialising in natural textile dyeing who is also the founder and voluntary coordinator of the Northern England Fibreshed. She is a qualified teacher and guest lecturer devising opportunities for people to be inspired by, learn from and celebrate the beauty of nature. She recently made fashion history by producing the U.K.'s first pair of homegrown jeans.
Justine currently offers 3 instant access online workshops that begin with ‘Core Skills in Natural Fabric Dyeing’, progressing to a holistic immersion into, ‘Leaf : Print : Cloth’ eco-printing and culminating with ‘Patterned by Plants’ for surface pattern designers wishing to use hand printing skills with renewable dyes. She also runs the pioneering 'Growing Slow Textiles' a live online initiation from seed to cloth.
She initiated the ‘Homegrown Homespun’ project in collaboration with Patrick Grant of Community Clothing and the British Textile Biennial which aims to bring locally grown indigo linen clothing to market and is helping develop a regenerative textile system in Northern England.

Core Skills - £108

core skills in natural fabric dyeing:

create a spectrum of dyes and shibori patterns from three heritage plants

Leaf : Print : Cloth - £108

leaf : print : cloth:

eco print forged leaves and flowers on to cloth and paper

Patterned by Plants - £108

patterned by plants:

hand print surface pattern designs using traditional techniques and plant dyes

Field to fashion, Justine Aldersey-Williams, Anita Rani, Homegrown Homespun, Patrick Grant, Fibershed, North West England Fibreshed, Countryfile, BBC 1, growing flax, linen, woad, indigo dye

Watch Justine demonstrate how to get blue dye from green leaves during the ‘Field to Fashion’ episode of BBC1’s Countryfile and read all about the Homegrown Homespun collaboration in her article, ‘Indigo is a Guru but are Countryfile ready to worship?