D is for Natural DYE, Daffodil and Bright Yellow

I have not been able to keep up with the prompts here of late so have decided to merge two themes in one post. I have been trying to achieve a bright yellow from natural dyes. I did get lovely shades from Lilac twigs and a butternut squash but they were not BRIGHT.

Yesterday I had two dye pots on the go, Barberry bark, and Daffodils. To the left you can see the Barberry bark dyed merino, angora, silk tussah and silk nuno gauze. In the centre is a solar dyed nuno gauze in left over dye pot water from my last batch of onion skin dyeing. To the right is daffodil dyed nuno gauze, silk tussah, angora and merino.

Yellow

Yellow, for me, is Sunshine.  I recently visited an exhibition on the works of Vincent Van Gogh, surely a source of inspuiration to thousands. 

This is my "Sun"

I apologise for the cross posting but there is a fuller explantion of this on my blog.

Bright Yellow highlighter

Bright Yellow

A burst of yellow all over the parks - it's the Carribbean Trumpet tree in all its glory!

Read more about this beautiful tree

Bright Yellow Lemon

This winter with all its cold and windy weather this has brightened up my days and my tea; even now, although there are bright yellow in the gardens I walk past with the dog, this is still nice to come home to while waiting for another bright yellow to win the battle with the very chilly wind whether it is plunked in the tea or on the edge of a glass of G&T in the evening.
Drawn and manipulated on the computer

Bright Yellow

ok, maybe not a pure yellow but this was one of the brightest petrol tanks I've seen in a long time, certainly noticeable on a dull day at the Red Marley Freak Hill Climb.

Bright Yellow

Spring came to Urchfont in early March

Pixelate part of the picture

And add texture.

Bright Yellow

I am sooo looking forward to getting Spring to actually come and stay this year!
One of the great things about Spring coming is seeing more of the yellow showing up.

I saw these crocuses last month. Their bright yellow really made a difference in the bleak days of a tenacious end of Winter.

So, the new colour for April is Bright Yellow.