#wildcolour

This is one of my favorite dyes thus far. After scouring and mordanting Kona PFD quilting cotton, and letting it dry out I laid out two half-yards and sprinkled them with petals -- just one half which you then fold up lenghtwise, then roll it up tightly and tie it securely with string. You can dye with fresh or dried marigolds, which produce different effects, and there are SO many petals on each flower that just a few flower heads will make quite an impact. I used around two flowers per half yard I think. But in the future I might opt for fewer.

The fresh marigolds produced a more diffuse, watercolor, tie-dyed effect. The dried leaves produced a deeper, more defined petal shape. I particularly like where I combined the dried and fresh which is visible in the top right image here.