psychonurse

I like it better dyed than the original.

annthreecats

Cool. Thanks for sharing the information.

chamby

So does this stay or wash out after several washings? How do you set the dye so that it does not come out?

teacherbailey

Great look! There's about 1/2 pot left every morning so if I save it for a couple of days and then heat it up in a big pot on the stove.....should be just about right. Then maybe I can simmer the fabric for awhile (like we used to do with Rit Dye way back in the day) and it will hold up to washing better? Hmmmm.....

Scrap Happy

Thank you for sharing this great tip!

Linda Loo

This post reminded me of being about 14-15 years old. My Mom made all my clothes, they were absolutely beautiful and I loved everything she made me. She made a dress for a dance class final formal. It was white with white eyelet skirt. We decided that it should have been ivory or ecru colored after it was made, so Mom said we would "tea dye" it. Of course I'd never heard of that. Next thing I knew she was making coffee and dunking my beautiful dress in it. She said the coffee would do a better job for what we wanted. She was right! I loved that dress!!

AprilG

I love using coffee and tea to "antique" my fabrics for the porcelain dolls I make. Well, their clothes any way. I also use the coffee method to dye the cloth bodies on my ethnic dolls.

adyldrop

Thanks I love this!! I actually got some instant so I could do this on some bowl stuffies I wanted to make...I should try that soon lol

AprilG

Wash in cold water and salt for the first wash. Always use cold water and the coffee color lasts longer. I use this method to "antique" fabrics for the porcelain dolls I make and dress. Works great.

SewExtremeSeams

Thanks!