While the weather is hot I find it arduous to boil up a big pot. Simplifying things down to jar size has been fun. Purple carrot has become a bit of a star along with Coriopsis flowers.
I have been using up small scraps of material and embroidery thread which is silk and is available on my Etsy Store.
The next few photos show the colour shift and oxidation of the purple carrot from wet to dry then after washing.
This is wet and just out of the jar pre boiled and sat outside for not quite a month. I have put one in storage and do plan to leave it for a whole year, silk boxer shorts with eucalyptus and flowers from my Christmas bouquet.
Now to my surprise this is the colour shift a couple of hours latter…..
Then I washed and pressed the pieces cotton, silk velvet, wool jersey that had previously been bundle dyed and thread silk and wool.
Wendi Trulson 