I was cleaning out my pantry shelves and came across the brown onion skins I had collected for use as a dyeing material, so decided to give it a go.
It gave a very strong brown colour. White fabric- the before, in the foreground.
After it had been boiling for a while I took it off the heat and as I didn't put a mordant in, I decided to put the cloth in some soda ash solution I had.
This is what I have on 100% cotton. I'll be using it for my Viewpoints 9 challenge quilt.
I've been doing a lot of plant dyeing experiements and am interested in your onion skins! Is the gold color what you got after the soda ash ? I alwys like seeing what people are doing and getting with plants and natural dyes.
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