At 32:39 the calico that had the nails wrapped in reminds me of an impressionist painting of people walking in the rain and fog. I love how that one turned out! It would look nice if bright umbrellas were stitched at appropriate places.
I really like your videos Sarah. I love your sense of playfulness in this channel, but I also know from watching the embroidery videos that you are a very accomplished needlewoman. You are very skillful and a good teacher.
Agree! First thing that came to my mind were the LeCaux (sp?) Cave Paintings in France…. research it - extraordinary prehistoric/neanderthal cave wall art discovered in the 1970’s. Were opened to the public for a time, but degradation ensued due to the hordes of people viewing, changes in light & temperature etc. They are no longer open to public viewing. Def worth looking up Sarah; same color palette as your tea/iron dye haul…. just a thought for inspiration in a different direction! 🧡🧡
This reminds me of finding artifacts on a soldier in a battlefield in the 1st and 2nd world wars😢❤Just simply memories, that’s all. To everyone, with all my Love from the bottom of my heart ♥️ ❤❤❤❤😢!!!!
You are so right, the hardest part is WAITING. I used black tea and turmeric tea and I just stared at it for hours silently screaming "hurry up and turn colors"..lol...Now I am yelling at it to "Hurry Up and dry"....lol...Thanks for sharing this tip I cant wait to use the fabric.
@@sarahhomfraycreates It is gorgeous can't wait for it to dry I have so many design ideas for the fabric... I tell everyone within earshot how awesome you are and how your teaching skills are TOP NOTCH!!!
@@sarahhomfraycreates just got second lot out. So much better. And sent a link to my friend in Cyprus so as she has now watched it too, I will show her my results tonight. Now to plan what to do with them all. At least my old white sheets are looking a whole lot more interesting thanks to you!
Fabulous! Mum just emptied the box of inherited doilies and said "here do something with these". Some are turning yellow, so I'm going to try this for a few or them. Thank you Sarah 😊
The secret to getting lace pattern on paper is to soak the paper in tea bath, when you take it out put dry lace on the paper and let it dry. I haven’t tried it with fabric yet (instead of paper), but when I have time after the holidays (everyone has a big but- lol)- it is on my to try list
That is what I tried Terri with the fabric but the lace on top just soaked up the tea! Maybe it wasn't the right material 🤔. I have seen people do it very successfully with plastic lace (table runner I think) but that isn't easy to find these days!
Wow Sarah!! This was a wonderful surprise on a Sunday evening… in US. I love it❤! My mind is whirling with ideas. Thank you for this very spontaneous creating process. 🥰. Can’t wait to experiment.
According to RU-vid this is when most people are watching the channel so I thought I would just put it up! It was a lot of fun, I'm looking forward to making things with it...
Hi Sarah, I'm totally spellbound by your work. I've never tried anything like this but can't wait to have a go.....how exciting!!! I will be having a go with a few aged pieces of lace I have and bits of aged table cloths. I'm so glad a came across your videos and I'm loving them. Many thanks Sarah x
Can’t wait to see what you create . I’m itching to try this now . Yes please for more organic fabric dyeing. I loved the results on manage fibers too. I was oooing and arring as you revealed their beauty. Absolutely stunning 😍
Thanks you for the excellent show!! I just agreed to exhibit a display of art quilts in April and was working on ideas today. Well, now, I can see all my backgrounds will be tea dyed rust water fabric. I am thinking bugs and botanicals. Excellent! Cheers!
You are VERY correct! In the long term, the rust will degrade the fabric faster than other methods of dying the fabric. So please don't put anything you want to keep for a while or even store near the rust dyed items together. I know this because of several reasons, one including a washer barrel or drum that wasn't in the best condition that I unintentionally rust dyed something in every load of laundry I did for several months, which eventually just ate holes thru all those clothes in 5-10 washes. I also had humidity issues in rooms where metal objects had been in contact with fabric and pretty much all oxidation from metal is not kind to fabric in the long term. If you are looking for other ways to possibly get the same effect from wrapping screws or other carved or textured things, you can soak them in dye if they are absorbent, let the dye dry in the crevices wipe the top of the surface free of the dye and then wrap it that way kinda like the reverse of how a stamp works, but there's also tye dye methods that do neat things and that's with flat objects clamped in the center of folded fabric that leave the areas under them undyed which is kinda neat but with less unplanned results than the neat patterns you are getting here. Like I said, though, rust metal and oxidation, if you are actually wanting to keep it or use it long term. Skip it, and try dye with rust hues.
Love this idea tea bags and rusty nails very cool haven't seen any around my house so far rusty nails but plenty of tea bags, especially in this cold weather in Wales UK 🥶😕
Oh my. The fabrics nearer the end with all those colors and the rust stains are gorgeous. I really love them. Must try. Now to find some nails and get them rusty. I already have tons of tea... all sorts. 🥰
It was like Christmas watching you open those little packages. I have heard that you can use plant materials and spices. Have you tried that? I would love to see that, too. Your talent and knowledge amaze me. I am so glad I found your channels!
I absolutely love this video, I had a bit of a tinker about with rust dying earlier this year but I am so soooo inspired to do more ! Thanks again for another great video - stay warm !
Interesting. I wonder if the rust will degrade the fabric. I used to do a lot of yarn dying and discovered the Wilton cake dyes (food dyes for cake icing) work perfectly. Often the colors would break apart and create really interesting color combinations. The cloth at 7:46 had a face on it. I could see the chin, mouth and eyes!
The rust will degrade the fabric yes. Others who've done this say you can rinse them in a salt solution and it will stop the process but I've not tried it. I'm now going to look for the face!!!
This is fabulous! I love your results! I’ve been wanting to do some eco-dying for some time, but didn’t have the energy or time for the boiling or chemicals! This process would be just great for use with my Journals and slow stitching! Thank-you! 😃😃😃
Once it's rusting it will continue however much you treat it to stop (I've seen rusty spots appear on fabrics without any intervention). Embrace the process I say!!
Just a thought, can get lovely colors out of old silk ties. can use vinegar and water to boil, add ties with the fabric rolled with the old silk ties and beautiful colors transfer onto fabric. Works nicely with white silk fabrics
See the section of the video where I talk about all the different kinds of fabric you can use Bonnie and the end show and tell to see how they came out 👍
I can't wait to try this! I've heard from other eco-dyers that rinsing 'rusted' fabric in a baking soda bath will stop the rusting process. I'm not sure what it would do to the color/patterns.
I absolutely Love these bundles. Am I correct to say that you do not neutralize the rust and tea dyed fabrics in vinegar nor baking soda? Your videos are wonderful🤩 Thank you so much! ❤️🤗
I didn't no Maria. I've heard about using Vinegar but it helps the metal to rust so I'm not sure how it stops it rusting afterwards! They will continue to rust but I think that's all part of it. Don't use this fabric for heirlooms!
I was just learning about this stuff the other day, as I was trying to find an inexpensive wood stain method for my handmade scroll frame (Sitting and burnishing the finish on it as I watched). One can use this method for staining wood - somewhat - using rusty nails or steel wool in vinegar to make a liquid stain. it's generally brown/rusty, but it has a chemical reaction with tannins that darkens it incredibly and turns it bluish grey. So putting on a tea or coffee stain (akin to the tea dye bath) adds more tannins and makes the stain darker. I ended up not doing this method on my frame because it's poplar which doesn't have much tannins at all and, therefore, doesn't play nicely with the iron stain. But I might do it on some fabric.
These examples are wonderful. Thank you for sharing, my question is, do you rinse these out in anything to neutralize the rust, so that it does not keep rusting the fabric?
I haven't done that yet (I'm quite interested to see what will happen to it!) but apparently you can rinse it with a salt/water solution and that will prevent it from rusting further...
What would happen if happen if you were to use lemon juice only just a little bit with the nails and the tea and honey?? What kind of reaction would you get using the same teas and nails???
@@sarahhomfraycreates OH GREAT!!! How exciting I can’t wait to watch them all on SHC!!! I learn so much from you Sarah and I love ❤️ learning!!! “You’re never to old to learn!” My Dad and my Grandmother (my dad’s mom) always taught me that saying! And it’s always stuck with me still today and I am now 60 y.o.. Sometimes my curiosity gets the better of me, but it doesn’t stop!❤️🙃🧐😁😃🥹☺️😊🤔🥴
Gorgeous samples!! To get the rusted effects, did you add anything to the tea solution like vinegar? Or did you simply place the nails in the tea alongside the fabric?
Hello Sarah, I'm really enjoying your videos, thank-you for sharing your knowledge. I have been doing some rust/tea dyeing and wondered if you rinse your fabrics out after you dye them? If so, does that change the colors? I've used some tea bags that dye pink and I don't want to lose that color.
Beautiful! Have you seen Orly Avineri’s work with this? And no joke about rusty nails. My husband stepped on one in a chicken coop when he was 12 and got osteomyelitis even with the tetanus shot.
Possibly yes! If you let them dry naturally though, they dry from the top down so you get the darkest bits on the edges. If you dried them evenly you might not get that...something else to try!
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