I decided to go back to a cooler month in 2010 and share one of my natural dye posts. The first 10 years we moved here I did allot of rust dyeing and natural dyeing Here is a link to the original post
the photos will enlarge just click on them-I didn't mean to post this already I hit publish instead of preview ha ha
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Hand Dyes After the Final Rinse and Line Dried
The colors will always not be as bright as you see in the dye pot, but I am pleased with this project. They came out very earthy and primitive looking, and will make a nice quilt project.
A couple of the pieces came out a bit uneven in color, but I like that in my hand dyes-I know it is because the fabric was over crowded in the pot-but I think this gives the fabric more interest.
A couple of the pieces came out a bit uneven in color, but I like that in my hand dyes-I know it is because the fabric was over crowded in the pot-but I think this gives the fabric more interest.
Great colours Cathy! Happy 2nd on the 2nd. Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeletethank you Val
DeleteWonderful range of colors. Stay cool!
ReplyDeleteWow, your fabrics are such pretty shades of yellow! I enjoyed finding out what flowers you used to dye them all and I'm looking forward to see what you create with them too 😁. Happy Sunday! J 😊 x
ReplyDeletethanks Jo, I need to dig this out and perhaps make a quilt or some pillows with these Happy Sunday
DeleteI love those colours you achieved !
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
Hugs, Susi
Happy Second on 2nd!
Hugs, Susi
thank you Susi, Happy second on the 2nd
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DeleteThank you for your visit to my blog and your always lovely comments dear Kathy! This means a lot to me!
Thank you!
HUgs, Susi
Hugs back at ya
DeleteBeautiful photos and a great look back at some of the hand dyed fabrics from long ago. I actually PREFER a mottled look. But I'm not going for pure color. I LOVE your marigolds, which of course, I don't have, and the copper mordanted onion skins. You will truly need to try turmeric one of these days. The yellows are stunning and out of this world. You can check them out here:
ReplyDeletehttp://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2017/02/second-thursday-tutorial-dyeing-to-try.html
and here
http://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2017/02/dyeing-fabric-using-turmeric-follow-up.html
I also learned a LOT from this post, including how much the fabric colors change when you add a bit of mordanting. Thank you beyond belief for this extremely TIMELY and interesting second look for the 2nd.
You've achieved great depth of colour here, these fabrics look really good. I agree with you, the mottled effect has more interest.
ReplyDeleteHappy 'Second on the 2nd" day!
They look wonderful - I wonder what you made with them! Hugs,Chrisx
ReplyDeleteTo answer your light fast question, I haven't used the fabric yet, but I don't plan to make anything that would need to be washed. As with all fabric, if left in a sunny room too long, I'm sure it will fade. However, from what I can tell, once the turmeric fabrics were washed (and washed and washed to remove the turmeric grit), they didn't lose any color. You can pick up both turmeric and alum at your local grocery stores, but I've never seen either at Aldi. DON'T use as much as I did, though (grin).
ReplyDeleteWow Kathy. I love how these came out. Thank you for sharing because I didn't see it time one and I have some natural dyeing I want to try this summer with some assorted rusty items I've collected. You got great colors and it makes me excited to try this. happy July. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteOh my...those are gorgeous yellows. Thanks for sharing again...it was a first time for me. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Kathy. Gorgeous yellows. I can't imagine they were even brighter in the dye pot.
ReplyDeleteHappy second on the 2nd! Eileen