Some lovely pale indigo/grey tones with black beans - I used a lot more this time!
Avocado pits next. I played about with re-wetting, drying and folding the freshly dyed fabrics, and got some nice textural marks.
I was really pleased with the colours this time, again, I used more stones, and waited overnight before using the dye bath. Apparently the avocado produces its own mordant?
This doily had been tea dyed lightly before, which wasn't doing anything for it, but overdyeing with the avocados produced a gorgeous tone.
Now to use the fabric!
7 comments:
Oooh, intriguing! *takes notes*
Love those bluey-grey indigos!
I am not a blue person but loving the hades you have here, doily looks lovely too
Hi Jules! love to see you experimenting again and getting such lovely results. *hugs*
Beautiful shades, Jules. Fascinated by using avocado - do you split it or leave it whole?
Lovely results, Jules. I hope you're enjoying the black bean casserole.....
The avocado colour is interesting.
Look forward to seeing how you will use these.
x
such lovely soft colors! so appealing to me.
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