Tuesday, June 23, 2009




Today created 4 dye bathes out of onion skins, red clover, blueberries, and strawberries. To prepare the bath for the onion skins and clover I poured boiling water, and let them steep for an hour. The blueberries and strawberries were crushed and then mixed with warm water, and gradually brought to a simmer. I pre-mordant my swatches yesterday, but I bought some new fabric so i deiced to pre-mordant swatches for that as well, in the iron, copper, and aluminum, to see if there was any difference from silk to silk. The silk I had been dyeing with yesterday was very light weight, the silk I brought today was heavy and textured. I made 24 swatches by the end of the day, and left another 24 swatches to sit in the 4 bathes over night.

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