After a day of "cooking" the scarf in the Solomon Seal Berries white vinegar and salt as suggested to keep color- a full night left bundled - I had high hopes of getting the pink color to remain.
Unfortunately the color did fade out after rinsing and washing and rinsing again, one last attempt to retrieve the color I soaked in white vinegar and rinsed again. This brought some of the pink back.
Left to air dry and then a steam iron I did get an attractive champagne color, that, although the pink faded, I am not totally unhappy with the final results.
This is a very soft and subtle coloring.
So the results of Solomon Seal Berries, I'm giving it a D- for retaining the color, but an A+ for the champagne color.
Back to quilting: Customer quilt completed this morning while cooking a scarf.
This had an Indian, south western look, so to continue with that look, I quilted using wiggle lines or as I call them EKG.
Unfortunately the color did fade out after rinsing and washing and rinsing again, one last attempt to retrieve the color I soaked in white vinegar and rinsed again. This brought some of the pink back.
Left to air dry and then a steam iron I did get an attractive champagne color, that, although the pink faded, I am not totally unhappy with the final results.
So the results of Solomon Seal Berries, I'm giving it a D- for retaining the color, but an A+ for the champagne color.
Back to quilting: Customer quilt completed this morning while cooking a scarf.
This had an Indian, south western look, so to continue with that look, I quilted using wiggle lines or as I call them EKG.
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