Dyeing Fabric with Tea

Over the course of the last week, I dyed some fabric with Tea from British Breakfast. I didn’t really know what color would the tea be as I bought it online and have never tasted it. Therefore, the first time that I see the color of the tea would be the time when I start dying my fabric. I wanted to dye the color deep enough so that my bright yellow ribbon would have a lighter color than the fabric, so I put all the teabags into the water and put the fabric in.

After that, I left the fabric in the tea for a whole day and during that I turned the fabric over twice so that every part of the fabric can get some color from the tea.

Then, I pull the fabric out of the water and dried it. The color of the fabric after one day in the tea is so much deeper than the time when I just put it into the water, and I am very happy about that.

After I dried the fabric, the color turned a little lighter. I ironed the fabric and folded it so that I would have it nice and flat when I start to sew with it.

The color looks very nice and natural, so I am very satisfied with it. And that is my experience with dying fabric with tea. It is super fun.