The cami came up beautifully after washing and ironing. Notice the different shades between the lace and a vintage camisole in this photo. The variations in colour depending on the fabrics was very interesting. I just loved the results! Here is the lace remnant after air drying. Now for the exciting part - dyeing the items I had prepared! This is a lovely remnant of vintage lace I think it's cotton but I'm not sure. Abigail's instructions were to then rinse them in cool water, but I skipped this step as I wanted the mordant to be as effective as possible. Then I lifted the items out of the alum solution and squeezed out the excess liquid back into the pan.
I was left with a beautiful pink dye!Īfter the mordant solution had simmered for an hour, I left it to cool as I did with the avocado mixture. Once the avocado seed dye had cooled, I strained off the liquid and composted the seeds. Meanwhile, I pre-mordanted 2 tops and a lace remnant (dampened first) in an alum acetate solution (about 4 tspns in a large pan, mixed beforehand with a little bit of boiling water). (She doesn’t mention peeling or cutting the seeds though.)Īfter covering them with water I simmered the prepared seeds for an hour and then let them cool in the pot. I composted the peels, but I later found out that they are a good source of tannin, so I'll save them next time!Ī book in my collection by Abigail Booth gives very clear instructions, so I more or less followed her method. After about half an hour, I was able to cut them easily and take the peels off. The frozen seeds were too hard to cut or peel, so I gave them a soak in the sink first, to soften them. The whole process ended up being rather laborious to begin with, but I think it was well worth it.
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I had a whole bag full in the freezer which a friend had saved for me! I also have an even bigger bag of avocado skins, but that's subject matter for a future blog post.
I've had a wonderful time over the past week making pink dye from avocado seeds.