Easter Egg Dyeing - naturally!

I had never tried

eco dyeing Easter Eggs.

I think everyone else I know in the whole wide world

has dyed Easter Eggs with onion skins...

have you?

Well, I had not,so

today was the day!

I loaded a bunch of red onion skins,

courtesy of our CSA farmer friend,

into my big aluminum kettle,

simmered them for a while,

strained some of the 'liquor'

into another smaller pot,

added a dollop of vinegar

and then:

I snipped a few ferns from our garden

and gently pressed them against the egg

with a bit of panty hose

tied off the ends,

and added them to the pot.

I think the color would have been a bit more pleasing

had I not left them in the bath so long,

but I wanted to make sure I got some color,

and they just didn't look 

that dark.

I do love how they turned out,

but I will not bathe them as long

next year.

I also dyed some without any leaf resist,

and used both gold and white ink

to decorate these.

Here they all are:

thanks for stopping by!

peace!