Dying felt
Feb. 23rd, 2011 01:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emma_in_dreamI have been experimenting with natural dyes on felt.
By far and away the best is beetroot:
The onion skins made a pretty yellowish colour, much stronger than I had remembered from dying Easter eggs as a child. Unfortunately it also embedded a strong onion smell which I also did not remember. (Possibly felt holds smells more than egg shells).
Tea adds a delicate shade of brown and an illusion of antiquing. (And it smells nice!)
But coffee makes it look like just rubbed the material in the dirt.
By far and away the best is beetroot:
The onion skins made a pretty yellowish colour, much stronger than I had remembered from dying Easter eggs as a child. Unfortunately it also embedded a strong onion smell which I also did not remember. (Possibly felt holds smells more than egg shells).
Tea adds a delicate shade of brown and an illusion of antiquing. (And it smells nice!)
But coffee makes it look like just rubbed the material in the dirt.
