- All washed up

I rinsed out a bunch of linen patches, some dyed in black tea, others in Prairie Tea. and laid them out to dry ...

Note: the patches in the upper left started out as shades of tan, lower right started out as yellows,
and the upper right and lower left patches started out as shades of white

It was a bit of a pain, but honestly some were too crusty along the edges to stitch and I needed to see how much color they would retain (or lose) before going any further. As they dried, I realized I needed a better plan for subsequent dye passes, so I stitched them together with what I can only think to call chain basting ...

Then dipped everything in a new batch of Prairie Tea ...

And yes, the feather went into the dye pot, too.