How to tea dye fabric

Learn how to dye fabric with tea to make a lovely patina for an aged look to fabric. We've got the tips and tricks on how to tea stain fabric.

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Tea is rich with tannin (good for gripping onto fabric), is inexpensive, and attaches well to cotton and linen. It typically gives you a light brown color if you don’t use any color modifiers. You can use an iron modifier on the fabric after you dye it with the tea, which will shift your colors to grey, and increase our fabric’s color- and lightfastness. At the iron sulfate stage, you will be able to experiment with different dipping and folding techniques to create patterns on your fabric.

Use your cup of joe to naturally dye any piece of fabricA simple way you can get started with dyeing fabric at home is by using an ingredient you likely already have - coffee. You can dye fabric using coffee with a few simple tools and...

Learn how to tie dye with black tea. Click here for a video tutorial and supply list. #teadyeing #tiedye #shibori

No matter which fabric dyeing techniques you use, dyeing fabric can be a fun–some might even say transformative–creative experience. Pulling the hand-dyed fabric from the dye bath to reveal the colors and patterns you have

Keep things au naturale with this easy tutorial.