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Dyeing the Tree Cloths

  • ravenmade
  • Mar 20, 2011
  • 1 min read

I like the distinctive individual stained patterns on each of the Tree Cloths but I don't like the overall greyness. They don't look attractive.

Perhaps dyeing will help.

I torn off a sample from each Tree Cloth and scrumpled it in a tray, a la Claire Benn-Leslie Morgan dyeing technique.

Using Procion MX, I put in a layer of green brights.

2nd layer was green neutrals. Looking more interesting but not yet full of life.

I have also added to the dye batch 2 table cloths and some napkins to be able to compare results on a white base.

This is 1 of the table cloths with 2 layers.

I think they all now need an over dye. But what colour would tie all of that texture together?

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