Yes you absolutely should! Maybe you can urge them by buying them a stash of the little green goodies. (I think I secretly wish everybody liked avocados)
Thankyou so much. I'm about to dye my papers, fabrics and laces with avocado and was interested in how someone else does it. I didn't know about freezing the liquid to use again. Great info. I am currently dying with beetroot. I didn't know the use of baking soda would help the colour. So I have learnt a lot. I appreciate your work. Thanks
Yes you can freeze it. I’ve done it. I usually let my paper and fabric sit in the avocado dye bath overnight. I like experimenting and getting light to deep colors. I’m obsessed with trying different natural dyes. I’m currently drying purple onion skin dye paper. I made the mistake of not wearing gloves and my fingernails are yellow. 😭 I love your fabrics. ❤️
@@sparkbirdstudios If you’re asking about the onion dye, it doesn’t dye a purple nor a red color. It’s a yellow cream tone. Some of my paper dyed a creamy yellow, and some of them are more darker. It’s a pretty color. I really like the yellow and white onion skin dye.
@@LovinDebsFit50s Hmmm. That's interesting. I would have though a red/purple tint. Still a fun thing to try. My grandmother always threw yellow onion skins into the pot when she hardboiled eggs. The shells turned a tan/brown. It was how we all knew which eggs were hard-boiled.
This was an awesome explanation of step-by-step. I tried it about a year ago, but I don’t really have a place to dry or even do anything because it’s so small in my kitchen and just in my place altogether. Mine came out very nice, but it was a very small batch. I wish I would have frozen the rest. Very hard for me to do this so I have been buying them. Just like the cabbage died which is more bluish. Smells icky, but looks beautiful. Anyway, I really like how all yours came out. It would be so nice to have a place to do it and to dye more than just a couple of sheets of paper at a time. But I do wish I would have had this video when I first tried it. There are some key steps and ideas that I missed. Oh well, I know where to go when I’m ready to try again. Thanks for this lovely inspiration! Hugs ❤️🤗🥑
Hmm. So here's what I figure out. I should have (and will in the future) freeze leftover dye bath in SMALL batches. I can always thaw multiple "servings" but right now for example, I realize I didn't dye the shipping tags I'd wanted to . If I'd frozen the liquid in small batches I could just defrost one and do a little batch of small things without any fuss, or the "where will I dry all of this?" problem. This week's supposed to be hot and sunny so I think I'll do some more and take advantage of the solar dryer...Does the cabbage paper smell?
@@sparkbirdstudios yes it stinks! But I didn’t make it. I bought it from the same place where I got the last avocado dyed. But it smells! I’m not sure what could be done to reduce the smell. When I open that specific pack to get a piece out, I get knocked out by the smell. 🤣 I spray them with perfume as I use them 😂
The only green paper I've done was just this week with, of all things goldenrod. In this video you can see the color on fabric and paper: th-cam.com/video/kXbXnGDJETo/w-d-xo.html I plan to do more paper in the days to come. I don't describe the process in this video because I didn't film it all (I'm just learning to use plants as dies so I can't tell you how to do it, but I'm more than happy to tell you what I did...maybe I'll make a quick video about it because it's fun and easy and there's goldenrod everywhere around here!
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Great tutorial, thanks. I soooo wish I liked avocados! I should ask those lovers of it to save their skins for me LOL! Love all your results.
Yes you absolutely should! Maybe you can urge them by buying them a stash of the little green goodies. (I think I secretly wish everybody liked avocados)
Thankyou so much. I'm about to dye my papers, fabrics and laces with avocado and was interested in how someone else does it. I didn't know about freezing the liquid to use again. Great info. I am currently dying with beetroot. I didn't know the use of baking soda would help the colour. So I have learnt a lot. I appreciate your work. Thanks
Thank you so much! I hope you get lovely results when you try it - and I'd love to hear more about your beet root - I bet that's a jazzy color!!
Yes you can freeze it. I’ve done it. I usually let my paper and fabric sit in the avocado dye bath overnight. I like experimenting and getting light to deep colors. I’m obsessed with trying different natural dyes. I’m currently drying purple onion skin dye paper. I made the mistake of not wearing gloves and my fingernails are yellow. 😭 I love your fabrics. ❤️
How dark did yours ultimately get? Red onions are on list tot try and I'll be using Queen Anne's Lace this week, weather permitting!
@@sparkbirdstudios If you’re asking about the onion dye, it doesn’t dye a purple nor a red color. It’s a yellow cream tone. Some of my paper dyed a creamy yellow, and some of them are more darker. It’s a pretty color. I really like the yellow and white onion skin dye.
@@LovinDebsFit50s Hmmm. That's interesting. I would have though a red/purple tint. Still a fun thing to try. My grandmother always threw yellow onion skins into the pot when she hardboiled eggs. The shells turned a tan/brown. It was how we all knew which eggs were hard-boiled.
This was an awesome explanation of step-by-step. I tried it about a year ago, but I don’t really have a place to dry or even do anything because it’s so small in my kitchen and just in my place altogether. Mine came out very nice, but it was a very small batch. I wish I would have frozen the rest. Very hard for me to do this so I have been buying them. Just like the cabbage died which is more bluish. Smells icky, but looks beautiful. Anyway, I really like how all yours came out. It would be so nice to have a place to do it and to dye more than just a couple of sheets of paper at a time. But I do wish I would have had this video when I first tried it. There are some key steps and ideas that I missed. Oh well, I know where to go when I’m ready to try again. Thanks for this lovely inspiration! Hugs ❤️🤗🥑
Hmm. So here's what I figure out. I should have (and will in the future) freeze leftover dye bath in SMALL batches. I can always thaw multiple "servings" but right now for example, I realize I didn't dye the shipping tags I'd wanted to . If I'd frozen the liquid in small batches I could just defrost one and do a little batch of small things without any fuss, or the "where will I dry all of this?" problem. This week's supposed to be hot and sunny so I think I'll do some more and take advantage of the solar dryer...Does the cabbage paper smell?
@@sparkbirdstudios yes it stinks! But I didn’t make it. I bought it from the same place where I got the last avocado dyed. But it smells! I’m not sure what could be done to reduce the smell. When I open that specific pack to get a piece out, I get knocked out by the smell. 🤣 I spray them with perfume as I use them 😂
Have you ever dyed green paper? I tried fresh spinach and end3d up with no color.
The only green paper I've done was just this week with, of all things goldenrod. In this video you can see the color on fabric and paper: th-cam.com/video/kXbXnGDJETo/w-d-xo.html I plan to do more paper in the days to come. I don't describe the process in this video because I didn't film it all (I'm just learning to use plants as dies so I can't tell you how to do it, but I'm more than happy to tell you what I did...maybe I'll make a quick video about it because it's fun and easy and there's goldenrod everywhere around here!