It’s a spring harvest of local dyes and garments! Join us for a Backyard U-Pick Dye 🍓

Dye your own locally crafted items – each handmade by fifth generation seamstress Lori of Sew Small – in an array of spring’s most vivid natural dyes!

🍊 At your fingertips will be multiple dye pots – and various dyeing techniques! – of local natural color, including:

• Pots of cochineal (red/pink/purple), marigold & pomegranate (yellow/green), and oak gall (gray/blue/purple)

• Ice dyeing station with local dye flowers, cochineal, minerals, and more

• Dye modifiers for color shifting – making nearly the entire natural rainbow of color available to you!

🍋 Choose your own artisan-quality garments to dye, including:

• Oversized silk scrunchie

• Linen “bento” bag

• Gathering bag (made with Texas-grown & upcycled cotton!)

• Cotton/hemp shift dress 

🥑 Pricing is organized in tiers:

• Tier 1: One “bento” bag or two silk scrunchies

• Tier 2: One gathering bag

• Tier 3: One shift dress

• All tiers also include a cotton bandana to dye!

• See descriptions (and measurements) of each item below.

Silk Scrunchie
Whether corralling your hair or stowed on your wrist, you’ll feel pampered wearing this crepe de chine silk scrunchie. Thoughtfully handmade in California by Sew Small.

Bento Bag
This versatile bento bag can be used for carrying lunches, produce, pasta, grains, yarns, cosmetics and much more. Made with 100% linen. Dimensions laid flat: width 18”, sides 18” and center 8.5”. Thoughtfully handmade in California by Sew Small.

Gathering Bag
Cross-body or over the shoulder, this bag will hold everything whether you’re running errands or out foraging. Made with 100% organic Texas grown cotton and fully lined with an up-cycled cotton sheet, this bag was designed with maximum functionality and durability in mind. The exterior pocket can hold a water bottle or keep your phone close at hand. Dimensions: width 8”, depth 8” height 11” and strap 42”. Thoughtfully handmade in California by Sew Small.

Shift Dress
Simple, go-to, warm weather shift dress is as cute as it is utilitarian. Easy fit, slightly A-lined silhouette is flattering on all body types. Made with a soft, stretchy, organic cotton/hemp blend jersey knit. 2 sizes: XS/S, dress measurements bust 40”, hip 44” (recommended for body measurements bust 32”- 36”, hip 34”- 38”), M/L, dress measurements bust 46”, hip 52” (recommended for body measurements bust 37”- 41”, hip 39”- 43”). Per special arrangement, we can accommodate up to size 5X, body measurements bust 56”, hip 58”. Thoughtfully handmade in California by Sew Small.