Mint dye

I opened a solar dye jar recently that had fabric, cotton threads and linen doileys sitting outside for about 10 months. Into this jar was water ands heaps of fresh mint.

This was an old used ball of white cotton crochet thread. The dark stain is where a mass of mint leaves sat during this time and the pale colour is the mint dye liquid.

This picture does not show the lovely soft warm yellow that these fabrics turned out.The dark marks again are where the mint leaves sat during the time brewing quietly in the jar. One will be used as a background for another Little Red and I will stitch with the thread on another. Watch this space.....ha haI have so many plans and ideas that this may just have to wait.