I've been trying some Eco-dyeing with rose petals. Maybe you could share your method of doing it.

[From Facebook wall posts, to & from me, 2/19/2012]

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Mindy:

Hi, nice to meet you! I've been trying some Eco- dying with rose petals. I've tried it a couple of time and now I have a reliable resource so I divide all my rose petals by color. Maybe you share your method of doing it. I've only done it with silk but will try in some cotton as well. Thanks!

Personally I wouldn't want to bother using rose petals for dyeing fabric. They won't produce a long-lasting pretty color, especially if you ever wash the fabric. There must be better uses for rose petals. For a much better red or pink natural dye, try cochineal. Other good natural red dyes include madder, lac, or brazilwood. Like most natural dyes, they do not work as well on cotton as they do on silk or wool.

Thanks for! What about purple n greens?

When mordanted with alum or tin, logwood makes great purples. For greens, the best answer for over a thousand years has been to first dye blue with indigo, then, after washing out and airing, turn the blue to green by overdyeing with a yellow. There are no single-colorant greens that work nearly as well as indigo plus yellow. There are many yellow natural dyes; two of the best are quercitron or weld.

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Posted: Monday - February 20, 2012 at 06:58 AM

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