Ms. Que BanhJul 13, 2024

Ripped out a bunch of morning glory invasive vines - more to rip out, tomorrow afternoon. It's too hot now to keep at it. I'm in basement, cooling off.

Gathered some fallen rose petals to infuse with water with tiny bit of vitamin C powder to make my own DIY #NaturalDyes to tint paper & fabric😊🥀

*If you use on fabric, lock colour in for longer by soaking in the #HomemadeDye for 24 hours, followed by soaking in 1:20 salt & water solution for another 24 hours.

Next month, I'm going to experiment with infusing rose petals into different cooking oils & use to try staining some wood with it. It's fun to play around & see what I can come up with 😀

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I'm going to try making 4 different infused rose petal paper/fabric dyes. One with dried rose petals - boiled with water, another with dried rose petals - infused with just sunlight/heat. The other 2 batches will be same 2 methods but with fresh rose petals.

What I found yesterday was that the fresh infused by sunlight/heat indigo leaves was stronger than the dried indigo leaves boiled infusion. The colour was darker & scent was muskier too. I actually expected the opposite results so it was a neat surprise.

Jul 13, 2024 at 10:12pmWeb
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I also learned that indigo was a huge cash crop for early Black American settlers in the USA, in South & North Carolina states (I'm unsure about elsewhere). It was so profitable, it was called, "Blue Gold". Then, racist slave owners stole the lands & crops from the first Black folks who grew them.

I didn't know about that #BlackAmericanHistory until Kemi shared it, during the creative learning workshop yesterday. She was born & raised in North Carolina & moved to Vancouver Island 22 years ago.

Show threadHeatherJul 13, 2024
@PhoenixSerenity Taking note of this as I'm working on learning more about black history in the part of South Carolina where my dad's side of the family is from.
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@HeatherInNZ It was fascinating to learn about it, yesterday 😊
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My ratio above for locking in colour from natural rose petal dyes for paper & fabric resulted from past homemade natural dye making experiments. I just try all sorts of experiments, until I find what works best for me. I usually don't use recipes from others unless it's something completely new to me & requires pretty exact measurements.