Rusting Fabric

I've found that I am IN LOVE with rusted fabrics. They stand alone wonderfully in a project and are excellent beginning pieces to dye, paint, stamp or print on. Here you see a collections of rusted elements and the pieces in the rust dye bath. I like to wind cotton cording around my pieces. It increases the pattern on the fabric and yields yard and yards of rusted cording.
The last photo is a piece right out of the bath (in bright sunlight.) It will lighten a bit when it has been washed and pressed.