Not much of a tute, but I wanted this white fabric to be beige so I poured hot coffee into a bowl and soaked it for about a half hour.

I like it better than the tea dye method, I think it lasts longer (through washing) and stains darker.

Plus I love the coffee smell!!! :)

Very clever ;-). Thank you for sharing that hint.

nice look:)

great idea, thanks for sharing

Thanks for the idea. Looks good! Will try it. Tea dying took 3 or 4 times & then just looked dingy :(

And maybe it was just this particular fabric, but it looks great! I kept if fully submerged and used HOT coffee.

I always use coffee, I save what is left on the pot in the am for a few days when I know I am going to dye something.

Great idea. Thanks for sharing. WIll try it soon.

I will try this also, thanks for the info.

Thanks for the tint hint!!!!

Thanks for the tip. I wondered if coffee would work like the tea dye, now I know!

Can always use good tips! Thanks for sharing!

I like!!

I played with "kitchen" dyes recently. I had tried tea, turmeric, curry, and a few others. No coffee in this house or I would have tried that as well. I like the results.

How did the turmeric and curry turn out?

Talk about putting some "spice" into our quilts!!

I too like to darker effect from the coffee compared to the tea.

Thanks for the hint and coffee is way better than tea to drink too

I've found that even with a fixative, it will fade with each washing, especially with the excellent detergents on the market.

A mix of tea and coffee makes a good combination for dyeing fabric too. I usually soak it for a few hours then after wringing it out well toss it in the dryer to set the color. Makes for a nice country blender!

Thank You for taking pictures showing the difference,,,I've never done this and wanted to see how it looked beefore I tried it...

This is the way I have always done it only I mix up
a batch with instant coffee...gives control for
darker colors even...and smells so good.

I like it better dyed than the original.

Cool. Thanks for sharing the information.

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

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.....

Thank you for sharing this great tip!

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!!

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.

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

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.

Thanks!

Wow, it looks great! I need to give this a try. How strong did you make the coffee?

Did you have to wash the fabric to get out all of the finishes before doing this?
Please share!

looks great. now soak it it white vineger. you could have added the vineger when dying. the vineger helps set the die and it wont fade nearly as bad.

Love the look of coffee stained fabric!!!

Thank you for this. I need to tea/coffee dye some fabric.

Nice idea Thanks

I heard that Red Rose tea gives you a pinker shade than the other brands. Don't know but would be worth a try.

thanks for idea-I will try it w/ some old lace I am planning on using in a CQ-

Corky, thank you for this tip. I used it today, I had some white fabric that was too white, so I used coffee to tone it down, worked perfect, turned out perfect color, now I am sewing the quilt together. Yeah!

You might like tea dyed fabric if you use a genertic brand of tea rather than a name brand because the color comes out a different hue--not so "reddish."