~ Dyeing Naturally... ~

 

Good Morning Friends & Folk ~

it's been a minute since I've been able to actually sit and write a new blog post...

I do apologize, but I'm here now and that's what counts!

The Oaks and the Black Walnut trees have been gifting us 

with more than their share of nuts & acorns this year ~

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 I have taken my cue for this posting from my Dear Friend Nancy Duncan

{remember the fabulous blog named The Bonny White Hare?}

Nancy & I are friends through time, 

~ friends through space and

we talk via this crazy internet...

 ~ it is a blessing to open my gmail and see one of her {almost} daily 'letters' to me.

Nancy is well-versed in many things, 

and she & I connect on so many different and varied subjects;

the other day she was telling me how she planned to dye some cloth with acorns 

and then showed me the results of her work.

Yesterday I gathered acorns on my daily morning walk in our woods and field,

and threw in a couple of black walnuts for good luck ~

 

I found some scraps of linen, osnaburg 

and a small piece of green/cream polka dot fabric for the dye pot...

I put the acorns and black walnuts into an old steamerpot that I use for dyeing,

and let them bubble for a good while on the stove.

 

 

Once my dyebath was dark enough for my liking,

in went my cloth ~ then bubbled that for a while too...

 

Afterwards I glugged-in a bit of white vinegar to set the dye into the cloth

and let the pot/dye/fabric cool slowly.

 

...then it was out to my clothesline to hang to dry ~

{the fabric shows darker when it is wet}

 

this is the end result, below...

very primitive, old looking and perfect for one of my naive

UNcounted cross stitch projects ~

 

 

I may finish this project into a small pillow using the polka dot fabric aforementioned...

or may just simply frame it in a black frame.

 

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I am hoping to have another

 Etsy Shop Update for Finished Goods soon!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori