Doing what comes naturally......

On this July day:

mid-70s temp

clear, dry air

bright blue sky

with lots of sunshine

A grand day altogether for doing what comes naturally.

Below are some images from my natural dyeing notebook:

Tansy for yellows

and also yarrow and dahlia

Rose Mallow gives a pale soft pink-y beige

Marigolds, of course

Flowers grown in my perennial border for

cutting, for dyeing, and visual enjoyment
My vegetable dyeing produced a soft palatte on cotton:

here are fabrics dyed with basil, woad, tansy, yarrow,

rose mallow, marigold and dahlia and more

These cottons are dyed from purchased dyestuffs:

here are

cochineal, logwood and indigo