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Making Natural Dyes
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Collect plants, moss, herbs, roots, nuts and so on. Chop a quantity of one of these materials and put it through a meat grinder. Cover it with water and let it stand overnight. Drain off the water the next morning and save it. Add a little more water to the pulp and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain off this water and add it to the first water. Add more water to cover fabric. You can get the following colors by processing one of these materials. Brown - walnut shells Redbrown - onion leaves; bark Purple - blueberries; sumac; peach leaves; moss Red - root and berry of the cactus Black - oak bark; gum from pinon tree.
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