marigold

So last weekend I put linen in a pot with marigold.  The marigold flowers produce a yellow colour and I wanted to see.  I can grow these in my garden in autumn so I am very curious.  

It turned out to be a nice yellow.

Now.  The crazy right now is that I cut this out as a dress before I dyed it.  But I want to wear is black or grey or dark burgundy or anything that is so dark that it is hard to tell it is not black or a very dark brown.  Yellow really is not a top choice right now.  But I was playing.  I will use what I was playing with.  I can always wear the dress to walk in or dye things in.  A dyed dress that has traces of other dyes.  That could be pretty cool.

I am thinking about trying a bit of madder on the cotton silk fabric I have.  To make another slip.  A red slip for under black dresses.  And buying some linen sheets in black and charcoal because it seems like the only place to find the right colours for what I wish to wear.  I keep skipping the light coloured clothes in my wardrobe unless they are the only thing to wear.