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Title	Vegetable Dying
Creator	Conley, Emma Penland School of Handicrafts
Contributor	Lewis, Meta
Medium of Original	publications
Date of Orginal	1954
Dimensions	8"x 6"
Description	This unpaginated booklet contains 25 recipes for creating dyes from natural materials, such as onion skins, walnut bark and wild coreopsis. The booklet was written by Mitchell County, N.C. native Emma Conley (Mrs. Grover Conley) who taught dyeing and spinning for the Penland Weavers and Potters and the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) from 1935 to 1958. According to the introduction, Conley learned to dye wool as a child, and "the colors and formulas in this pamphlet came from those early experiences and are the ones I have taught at Penland." Meta Lewis assisted Conley with the compilation of the recipes and was responsible for the revised edition that was published several years later. Conley died in 1959.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Penland School of Handicrafts Penland School of Crafts Penland Weavers and Potters
Time Period	1950s
Source Institution	Penland School of Crafts
Collection	Penland School of Crafts Records - Penland publication
Inventory Number	PSC_RG3_CR023
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Penland School of Crafts Archives, Penland, NC 28765
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Title	Vegetable Dying
Creator	Conley, Emma Penland School of Handicrafts
Contributor	Lewis, Meta
Medium of Original	publications
Date of Orginal	1954
Dimensions	8"x 6"
Description	This unpaginated booklet contains 25 recipes for creating dyes from natural materials, such as onion skins, walnut bark and wild coreopsis. The booklet was written by Mitchell County, N.C. native Emma Conley (Mrs. Grover Conley) who taught dyeing and spinning for the Penland Weavers and Potters and the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) from 1935 to 1958. According to the introduction, Conley learned to dye wool as a child, and "the colors and formulas in this pamphlet came from those early experiences and are the ones I have taught at Penland." Meta Lewis assisted Conley with the compilation of the recipes and was responsible for the revised edition that was published several years later. Conley died in 1959.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Penland School of Handicrafts Penland School of Crafts Penland Weavers and Potters
Time Period	1950s
Source Institution	Penland School of Crafts
Collection	Penland School of Crafts Records - Penland publication
Inventory Number	PSC_RG3_CR023_01
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Penland School of Crafts Archives, Penland, NC 28765
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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