Madder dye extract at 3% WOF (weight of fiber) with an overdye of Himalayan rhubarb extract dye bath that had already been used to dye another batch of cloth (called an exhaust bath maybe?)
Just for grins, I laid the spiraled petals on top of yesterday's handkerchief blossom ...
Hmmm. Well, I'll see what my daughter thinks before I start stitching anything down.
It looks okay in this picture, but the wood was rotting and everything in it was moldy, rusty, or both due to humidity. So we paid Junk Dogs to break it down and haul it away to recycling ...
leaving us with a much better view ...
