I know I need to do more research about the plants I'm using! For instance, while in Southern California recently, I picked red berries from this bush. I took a picture of the bush, since I wasn't familiar with it. As you can see - it's in the arroyo under the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena.
I put the berries into a ziploc baggie and put it into my baggage. One week later when we arrived back home and I was sorting through the specimens I'd gathered on our travels I discovered the bag of berries. They weren't looking too good! They were soft and rotting and even starting to mold. I smushed them up in the baggie then reluctantly (with nose closed) pour the mess into a glass jar and added a small piece of prepared fabric.
I left the mess in the jar for about 4 days. You can see the color is in the fabric.
I took it out and rinsed the fabric really well and hung it up to dry.
Isn't it gorgeous?! I wish I had made more.
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