YUMMERS.
Below lac, brazilwood (sappanwood), and onion, and combos:
A comparison of the previously dyed onion:
Some of these will be in the shop, announcement to be made when listed 🙂 Obviously being as delicious as they are, i have reserved some for a special person: ME!
The onion gives greener tones initially, but there doesn’t seem to be much difference when overdyed. My lac and BW however were a stronger WOF for these babies, so deeper shades resulted. YUM!
These are from previously used dyebaths, after doing cloth. I don’t waste a drop! From Lac, the natural dye that shows up in searches as anything but a natural dye: lac, lac with iron, and eucalyptus:
These above are included in a new fabric pack in the shop.
And a combination of the two (because with natural dyes, purple/pink and yellow don’t always make mucky brown):
I have had through my dyeing days (years now, wow!) ONE skein of lavender thread. I don’t remember what i used, but i suspect it was cochineal, and the thread was silk. I’ve been partial to lavender as an accent with rust and neutrals since the days when i first started all the hand stitching. The ones i used below are commercial, but there’s no reason not to try for a natural version. The purples and lavenders on the fabrics however IS natural, from Brazilwood, and i covet those various shades!
Mother’s Heart, 2013:
The a Difference Between A Plum, detail, 2013:
Strange Soul Take Flight, detail, in progress, 2013:
(2013 was a very productive year…..)
The Mini Goddess Moons, 2018, lavender leaves on 3 of them. (These are *completely” done in natural dyes, both fabric and threads.) I like the way the lavender gleams amongst all the stronger natural dye colours.
I suspect it’s time to get the cochineal out and try weaker solutions to get that glowing shiny shade!
albedo too 
Lovely colours of threads, Arlee !
I am not a dyer but have, in the past and just lately, used a watered-down acrylic paint for some of my cloth. And like you, did not waste a drop especially of a colour I liked .. just scrunched up a piece of cloth in what was left of my painting efforts, let soak up and dry … always a future possibility !
This past week I decided to throw in some lovely strands of canvas threads (frayed from a length of painters canvas I had used to make a carrying bag for a large pce. of art) … into the left over paint … the canvas soaked up that colour nicely and now I can turn it back into the current work ,,, a little sharper contrast and interest in the same background colour ! And there you go 😉
Wishing you good luck finding that elusive lavender !
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