To promote the integration of traditional handicraft culture with the teaching of textile and clothing majors in higher vocational colleges, this article takes the integration of plant dyeing into the teaching of the “Application of Clothing Color” course as an example. Through comparative analysis and integrated practice, it explores an effective teaching model for its integration into the courses of textile and clothing majors in higher vocational colleges. This research constructed and implemented a teaching model that emphasizes “systematic cognition–fundamental understanding and innovative exploration–equal emphasis on techniques and principles”. The results show that this model can effectively promote the inheritance and innovation of traditional handicrafts in professional teaching, provide a referenceable path for other higher vocational colleges to achieve the deep integration of traditional handicrafts and course teaching, and contribute to the innovation and sustainable development of vocational education while promoting traditional culture.