I have never done this by myself.
As the day for the dyeing draws near, I'm getting a little nervous. So I decided to at least try to make a small batch of dye prior to the event, to make sure I could pull it off.
On Wednesday night, I put a handful of onion skins in a tiny pot. I covered them with water, and then simmered them for about 20 minutes. Magically, the water transformed into a beautiful gold color. Ed came up with the idea to dye some eggs. I had some dye from the prior event (cochineal) left in my basement, so I heated that up so the kids would have two colors.
I'm in love with natural dyes.
Elaine
I'm planning to try natural dyes for our eggs this year. I love your yellow onion skin, and was also going to try grated beet for magenta and pureed spinach for green (might be more of a sickly brownish green though, we'll see).
ReplyDeleteDo you add a bit of white vinegar to set the color like you do with the artificial dye kits?
Those eggs came out a really pretty color.
ReplyDeletelove, love, love this idea, my friend--thanks for sharing, and many thanks for linking back on teach mama!!
ReplyDeletethis is SO cool--can't wait to try it!!