Very often needlewomen when sewing textile toys, in the process of creating colors and accessories from fabric and lace, when knitting or embroidery are faced with a problem of a shortage of one or another color or shade of material for creativity. Natural dyes, and 100% environmentally friendly, can be done at home and at the same time you don't have to buy anything most often, the food waste can be launched, which in the idea should go to the trash can. Watch? Maybe someone can come in handy for creativity and needlework) Dyes can be bought and buy, but what I want to offer you to offer will cost much cheaper for staining of the fabric, lace, threads for embroidery or yarn for knitting.
So, we look at how to cook vegetable or fruit dye at home. You will need fruits, vegetables or food waste, cookware for cooking and gas stove. By the way), you can buy a gas stove in the online store TEKA. The store is the official representative of the highly qualified Teka equipment. Here you can purchase high-quality and affordable products to arrange kitchens - hoods, washing, microwave, coffee machines and much more - with a subtle approach to design and user needs.
Ingredients that can be used to create dyes:
- Beet
- Long husk
- Cabbage leaves
- Spinach
- Orange peels
- Lemon crusts
- Tea
- Instant coffee
- Blueberry
- Blackberry
- and much more.
With help Blueberries, Blackberries and Red Cabbage You can get a beautiful blue and purple colors.
Raspberry and red beet Press fabrics or yarn red shades.
Of Orange and lemon crust You can get yellow or oh colors.
Spinach and Long husk During the brave, it will give a good green and orange color.
You can experiment with vegetables, each of which will give the material being treated with a certain shade.
Any of the above products should be cooked in a separate dish, water should not be too much, it is enough to cover the contents of a cup or a small saucepan. On strong heat with the added product as a dye (onion husks, beets, etc.), we bring to a boil, then reduce the fire and cook for an hour. After time, remove from the stove and give the content to cool.
The cooled painted liquid is filtered and drained into glass dishes. For staining of fabric, thread, lace or yarn in dyes, you need to add water, salt and vinegar.
If we use paint made of fruit, then add 1/4 cup of salt and 4 glasses of water.
When using dyes from vegetables - add 1 glass of vinegar and 4 glasses of water.
The stained material is lowered into the dye and cooked on a weak heat for an hour. After staining, the cloth must rinse in cold water. If the color turned out not quite bright, then the stained material can be left in the dye until it becomes the desired color.
In any case, do not rush to paint all the material completely, try your home dye on a small flap.
To create vintage works and accessories from lace very good as a dye tea.
In the dishes you need to boil the water, omit several tea bags there and turn off the fire. When the water cools, omit the lace or the fabric for two hours.
When staining the fabric beet, it is cut, it is cut, they lower the input and add alcohol (1 kg of beets - 1 bottle of alcohol), boils until the beets are welded (the beets need to crush the spoon and cook for a few more minutes).
Do not be afraid to experiment and everything will turn out)
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