Natural dye: poppy (DIY)

It's poppy time! Last year I made natural ink out of flower petals, thi Summer I wanted to make something different. So if you ever wanted to try natural dye, now it's your turn. It's really easy!




First you need to pick some poppies, only the petals. Put it to a pot and boil with water on low heat (1 volume of poppies per 2 volumes of water) for one hour or longer. In another pot boil a piece of fabric you want to dye in a solution of vinegar 1:4 to water. After that time separate the petals (they should be sheer), rinse the fabric in cold water and put into the pot with poppy dye. Leave it until you're satisfied with the colour you got (remember it will be slightly lighter!).
Here you have it! You need only three ingredients in the whole process!
Note: If your fabric is cotton I reccomend using different fixative.



I also attempted to make an ombre lace. I dipped only the end of folded lace in the liquid and the colour went up with the fibres! Honestly, it turned out even better that the dress.





How do you like the result? Do you plan similar experiments for the summer?

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Wiem, ze miałam prowadzić bloga też po Polsku, ale szczerze mówiąc nie sądzę, żeby tłumaczenie wszystkiego było konieczne. Staram się używać prostego angielskiego (z resztą taki znam;)). Gdyby coś było niejasne, odpowiem na wszystkie pytania! 
Macie zamiar eksperymentować z naturalnymi barwnikami? A może już coś robiłyście i macie jakieś porady dla mnie?;)

Have a beautiful day,
Julia