🥑 I used the skins of 10 avocados to make this pot of dye. The skins were washed and stored in a bag in the fridge, but you can also dry or freeze them. The stones (pits) make lovely dye too! There’s plenty of dye left, after dyeing some fabric and a top, and I may dye wooden beads and some paper next. 10 skins went a long way!
🥑 Check out BOTANICAL COLOUR AT YOUR FINGERTIPS for avocado dyeing and soya (soy) milk pretreatment. Also I have a blog post with avocado dye FAQs — lots of tips to get the pinkest of pinks! 💕
🥑 Leave fabric to soak in the dye overnight (or longer!) to really deepen the colour, then wait a few days before rinsing out the excess dye for longer lasting results.
🥑 I love using scrunch dye techniques as it removes the worry of dyeing even colours. Embrace the natural patterning that develops in the folds!
🥑 Later on, you can dip the dyed top in rust water to shift from pink to purple. It’s one of my favourite shades to wear!
🥑 How will the colour last? I expect the pink shade to last for a few months, depending on how much it’s worn and washed. Over time it will gradually mellow to a peach shade and lose the intensity of the pink. I really like the way avocado dye ages and find all the shades very wearable!
🥑 I always pretreat fabric in soya (soy) milk. My entire dyeing method is in my eBook/book BOTANICAL COLOUR AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.
🥑 Over time, the intense pink colour will mellow to a softer peach, which is a lovely shade too.
Visit rebeccadesnos.com for tutorials and books on natural dyeing!
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