Dont Waste The Beetroot Juice.

Theres enough juice in a can of beetroot to still be useful once the beetroot has been used.

Dont throw it out.

Even this small amount can have a few pieces dunked in it.

I left the scraps in the juice for a couple of days.

Then drained and rinsed and drip dryed.

A lovely rosy pink colour. Hard to photograph. More like the colour in the sunshine.

And Still theres juice left, so another tiny batch goes on in.

Some small motifs from the stash.

Theres just enough juice to cover the bottom of the container.

See how the motifs have soaked it up.

Now to wait a couple more days.

Happy Waiting

Phillipa

Eco Dye. Camelia

On one of my jaunts to the post office i spotted some windfall camelia flowers. So what's a girl to do?

See what the potential is.

A lovely pinky colour with a nice perfume :).

will add to my shabby stash.

And since the liquid is still quite strong, Ive started another batch with lacey bits and scraps.

The first batch was left for just on a week, as I kept forgetting about it.Will I forget again?

Probably.lol

Happy Stitching

Phillipa

Eco-Dye.More fun

I did this second lot of dying at the same time as the first.

Using Eucalyptus bark this time from a different cemetary.

I just broke it up into the pot and followed the same process as last time.

The fabric is actually darker than the photo shows.

A hard to describe colour but interesting none- the- less.

Will most likely end up in a collage.

Dark n  broody.

Till next time.

Phillipa

Eco-dying Playtime

My first little foray into eco-dye.

Another process Im quite interested in.

I found these delightful bunches of berries on a huge tree at one of the local cemeteries.

B and I are having a wonderful time researching our family trees and hence the visits to local cemetarys.

Many have wonderful old trees, so while strolling around I keep an eye out for potential dye sources.

I have no idea what the tree is called tho.

So into the pot.

                                        Cover with water

Boil n Simmer for an hour.

Strain off the liquid when cool.

This is actually a pinky colour.

Dunk and soak fabric and lacey bits for a

couple of days.

Drip dry.

And Voila!

Yet to be ironed, to set the colour, but the lovely pinky colour is a

shabby chic romantic colouring.

Added to my stash waiting for my next inspiration :)

Till next time

Phillipa