Homemade Dyes
Purple:
½ cup strawberries ½ cup raspberries 1 tablespoon aluminum sodium sulfate 2 cups water Results: hot pink in pot, deep purple on fabric
Blue and Purple: ½ cup blueberries 3 tablespoons aluminum sodium sulfate 2 cups water (boil).
Results: purple on thin silk, blue on heavy silk
Orange: ½ cup strawberries ½ tablespoon aluminum sodium sulfate 2 cups water
Results: dye boiled to a red color but dyed the silk orange
Brown: ½ cup hazelnut ground coffee ½ tablespoon aluminum sodium sulfate 2 cups water Results: brownish khaki slightly green color
Black: 2 tablespoons extract from logwood¼ tablespoon aluminum sodium sulfate 2 cups water
Results: black on fabric, fades to a dark tone of green
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