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Old 12-12-2007, 09:48 PM
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It was a hey lets see what will happen if I do this moment... I am developing a natural dye class form the 16th century silk road regions I am researching Plants and other thigns that were found in these regions for material dyes..

Have done onion skins and depending on the Mordant used and mix of stuff you can get a butter yellow color to a very ncie brown gold.

Using beets Beets same thing Pinkis to a blue-purple.

I attached the silk, the darker yellow is a 3mm silk gauze, and yes it is that dark on its own. The brighter yellow is a 8mm silk weight. both absolutely georgous yellows ...

I used poor quality perls and yes Tumereic by itself is not very colorfast so I can re-dye these(in theory)

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Ash
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