For my PH natural dye project, I chose to create five fabric bracelets dyed from red cabbage. The purpose of creating bracelets is to implement the use of detecting PH in a fashionable and easy way. Therefore, I decided that creating bracelets would be the most effective source of doing so. I made the bracelets out of cotton fabric and denim to break from the traditional materials of a bracelet. Using fabric was also the best option when it came to the dying portion of the project as the fabric was able to soak up the dye. For the dye source, I used red cabbage vegetable because I felt that the color from the red cabbage would be the most vibrant. My goal was to achieve a purple hue for the bracelets; however, I ran into a few minor complications which will be discussed later. For my water sources, I used tap water (Loeb Hall), filtered water, water from the University Center, water from Washington Square Park, and tap water from Stuyvesant Hall. These sources did not work as well as planned as the color did not come out as vibrant as intended. For the most part, the tap water sources and water from the UC barely had any effect on the dye, which complicated the achievement of creating a vibrant color. The only source that proved to have some effect on the color was the water from Washington Square Park. Overall, the project was enjoyable, and it was fun to experiment with different water sources using different methods of the color dye. However, although the project results did not come out as expected, I am still pleased with my project results. 
