I wanted to make a something for my friend Sarah who recently got married out of the bouquet that we he bridesmaids held during the ceremony. She choose a purple calalilly. So cut the stems from the flowers and created two dye bathes by pouring boiling water over both the steams and the flowers. I didn't get as strong of a color as i would have hoped but it is still a very nice color. I let my pre mordant fabric stand in the dye for 24 hours.