fruits from the garden

2012 is a bad fruit year: late frost meant lots of blossom were frozen and as a result harvest is meagre.

the elderberry dye gave a bright pink, in the photo left top half, however washing in water and soap turned the colour blue-grey; a nice colour, but the vivid pink was rather spectacular; I've rinsed the top half with water and wonder if the colour will remain;  I redipped the fabric on the right into the dye, rinsed in water, the colours mixed, again will have to wait and see how the dye develops once dry; perhaps if I use them in pieces that won't be washed it'll be okay.