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Ms. Que Banh Jul 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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Ms. Que Banh Jul 13, 2024

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.

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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.