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                            Making Natural Dyes
 
 Recipe By     : Key Gourmet CD Rom
 Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Crafts
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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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 f
 abric.
 
  You can get the following colors by processing one of these materials.
 
  Brown - walnut shells  Redbrown - onion leaves; bark  Purple - blueberries; su
 mac; peach leaves; moss  Red - root and berry of the cactus  Black - oak bark; 
 gum from pinon tree.
 
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