dye/overdye
Linen, cotton, and perle cotton embroidery thread dyed with acorns and iron water. The fabric originally ranged from bright white to a light brown. The thread was various colors of red, rust, and a rather sad pink.
#acorndye #textiles #ironwater

roses and chinese pistache on cotton
#ironwater #bundledyeing #botanicalprint #botanicalcontactprint #leafprints #ecoprint #madebyhand #textiles

acorns & leaves - early experiments
In my early tries at contact leaf prints I had some accidental success when I printed on fabric dyed with acorns or onion skins then modified with iron. That led to many experiments with iron water, mostly failures, to get a good print on white fabric. Weeks later I finally figured out how to get prints with color.

#acorndye #oniondye #rust #ironwater #leafprints #ecoprint #textiles