My wool fabric in the cherry bark dye turned out great. The piece on the left was premordanted and the one on the right had no mordant, it dyed a much more rosy color. Bark has so much tannin in it you really don't have to premordant it for great light fastness.
I like to bundle my fabric to get lots of shading in the color, but I wish I wouldn't have bundled it up quite so tight and let a little more dye get through.
For all my herb society friends, at last weeks meeting we had a salad potluck.
We had a wonderful variety (Deb I brought your pear salad, everyone loved it).
After eating we cleaned up the gardens and planted flowers at our meeting house.
I hope you have a great holiday weekend, my husband and I are going camping "up north". I can't wait, I have my dye pots and fabric packed waiting for treasurers from our hikes.
3 comments:
ENJOY your weekend away. Rest lots, enjoy the great weather and have the best time. Safe travels my friend....Deb C
Love the cherry bark color, have a great weekend! LP
I've been thinking about you all day. Warren told me you called. I worked on your new pin today. Funny that you & Vicki both have pins from me & both won the snow classic!
We are just turning green here & I've been thinking about trying some prints with different leaves. I sure miss playing with you.
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