Showing posts with label Geranium viscosissimum Sticky lavender geranium print cotton tee shirt cochineal cotinus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geranium viscosissimum Sticky lavender geranium print cotton tee shirt cochineal cotinus. Show all posts

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Sticky Lavender Geranium a fine plant for natural prints

As I get further into this adventure of searching out plants that will make a lovely natural dye or print, I find that sometimes the best and most interesting are just under my feet.  I have had this plant in my garden for many years, enjoying it sometimes and, at times, disparing of it's rather messy look after blooming. I am looking now for my nature print project for interesting leaves, and after a search on the internet and in a wildflower book, I found the identity of the mystery plant, commonly called Sticky Lavender Geranium. This self-sowing geranium has large palmate leaves, very different from other geraniums.  I was so surprised and pleased from my first prints, which are on cotton tee shirts...big, bold leafy prints. I have some bundled on a silk chiffon scarf.  I will post the results when it has cured for a bit.

Geranium viscosissimum




Onto cotton tee shirts with Cotinus, Eucalyptus, and Cochineal