today's post is more of a woods to the craft table. lately, i have been doing a lot of natural dyeing for a project that i have been working on. this past week i tried dyeing with acorns. i dyed some wooden beads, but I bet fabric would look lovely too.
ingredients:
1 cup of foraged acorns
1 cup of water
1 cup of white vinegar
rusty nails or other rusty objects
directions
-in a jar, soak your rusty objects in the white vinegar
-let objects soak for 3 days or longer
-soak your acorns in the water for 3 days or longer
-after soaking is complete....heat up acorns and water in a saucepan (add a little more water if necessary)
-remove rusty objects from vinegar and add to acorn mixture
-add what you are wanting to dye and let soak for 5 minutes
-remove the items that you have dyed and rinse and dry
***if you are dyeing fabric or something large you can double or triple recipe
photo and tutorial by kristen bach