yup. Henna rocks in fiber arts!
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on October 18, 1999 at 07:30:09:
In Reply to: Henna on fabric....any experience? posted by Kenzi on October 18, 1999 at 03:35:26:
Linen SHOULD henna easily, though my experience is in wool, cotton and
silk. They henna wonderfully. Wash your cloth first if it is not one
of the cloths that has been kept untreated for fiber artists. There
may be sealers on the cloth that will interfere with dye uptake ....
wash the cloth in a nice nasty harsh detergent to be sure it's
stripped. Henna the fabric as you would skin. (but, skip the oils
and sealers ... just kep it simple) Let it dry and set. Iron the
dry henna into the cloth with a steam iron on high. You will see the
henna darken with every pass of the hot iron, and your room will fill
with an incredibly glorious and sexy fragrance! The dye stain will be
absolutely washfast. Do some test swatches first to fine-tune the
thickness of your paste versus wicking or bleeding. When you henna,
make sure the tip of your cone or bottle is pushing the henna INTO the
weave, not just letting the henna sit on top of the fiber.