This is a "Technique Week" on the Yahoo Group Fiber Art Traders - we are having 'fun in the kitchen' this week, experimenting with 'natural' dyes - so if roses and kool-aid count, I'm in!
Here's my progress so far:
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| Black Cherry Kool-Aid makes awesome dye - 4 pkts per quart w/T salt |
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| Red Rose petals steeped in salty water yielded a beautiful pink/purple dye bath |
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| results of black cherry kool-aid |
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| I did socks, too... this is still wet in this pic. |
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| turmeric make a really intense yellow dye - a little goes a long way! |
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| Lutradur does not take the dye very well... boo! |
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| but I kept trying anyway! |
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| the jar has half turmeric, half b-c/k-a |
and the results:
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| wet - after microwave heat setting... turmeric, black cherry, red roses |
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| finished, pressed and folded - ready for art - Lutradur, muslin, Kona pfd, old socks, and cotton batting scraps |
The pieces at lower right were dyed with a small jar of "leftovers" to get an orange transition - and the pink blotches on the pieces at lower left.... that's where the roses and the black cherry made friends while still wet...
Today's process... resist! Of course I can't resist resist!
Hoping to have time to post more results later ~ bye for now!
Your results are amazing!!! Can't wait to see what you create with all these goodies!
ReplyDeleteHugz, Nj
Awesome! I had done onion skins and poke berries and a few others years ago, but haven't done these. I haven't done dyes in a few years, but mostly do procions. Wish I had the time again, sigh!
ReplyDeleteWow, I love the results that you got !I am in love with that intense yellow from the tumeric! :)
ReplyDeleteHugs and I might have to give that a try. :)
I THINK turmeric will dye almost anything - I had to bleach the yellow stains on my countertop when I was done!n I want to try it on something wood today.
DeleteVery cool! I painted wood with blue Kool Aid - it may have been a picture frame, I can't remember - but the results weren't nearly so dramatic.
ReplyDeleteI found that wood took a long time to absorb the Kool-aid... I let the Popsicle sticks soak in it for about a week.
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