I've been re reading the blog of the wonderful India Flint, a natural dyer who runs fantastic workshop and creates amazing pieces of fabric and clothes all dyed with natural dyes, flowers, bits of wood, rust and found objects. Seeing as I had dying written on my list today I've started out trying my own dye experment with a fabric dye bundle with a mix of flowers and leaves
I started out with a collection of flora
cherry leaves and butterfly bush
rose petals and marrow flowers
a partial strip ready to be folded
sweet pea flowers
folded bundle ready to be wrapped up
half tied up bundle
Finished Bundle, ready to be boiled
Rusty nails for a mordant
Everything in the pot, ready to boil
I've set it to boil and will then leave it for a couple of days in the water and will unwrap it to see what the result it
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a tip...flowers need far less heat than leaves
ReplyDeleteand you might need to tie the bundle a little more tightly next time...happy dyeing!
Thanks for the advice, I'll know what I'm doing a bit better next time
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