Thursday 1 October 2009

What to do with elderberries late in the season

Tie dye of course *grin*. They're a bit shrivelled and pecked for anything else by this time.

 


Adding salt.

 


Every table tells a story. If only I had bothered to put a plastic cloth on first....

 


Here you have it...

 
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

*grin* yes if only tables could talk!

What a lovley idea, I think we did something similar a long time ago, but it was'nt that successful.

Claire said...

We tried last year but didn't add salt. The results weren't as good. Salt seems to make a big difference

Anonymous said...

thinking back I don't remember using salt - we used onion skins.

Mam said...

Great stuff :-) :-) :-)

Claire said...

I think the salt makes it 'set'. Last time when we came to rinse the fabric most of the colour washed away. This time it was more fixed.