Thursday, 11 August 2011

Dyeing with onion skins

I dyed a variety of natural fabrics and threads ( cottons/silks/linens) using an onion skin dyebath.
This was made after boiling up lots of onion skins . ( Around 25).
This was then strained, and the premordanted fabric added and simmered for a couple of hours.
The fabric was mordanted in a solution of alum and cream of tartar.
I also dyed some paper in the dye bath.
I will be making a little "manual" using some of the fabrics.
Watch this space!
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  1. ginny farquhar26 August 2011 at 01:37

    hi, good to meet you. thank you for the twitter follow too. love natural dyeing and looking forward to seeing more of your creations.
    Ginny (sweetmyrtle)

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