Coffee dye

Learn how to naturally dye fabric or clothing shades of tan and brown using coffee. This step-by-step tutorial shows you how.

A few weeks ago I tried my first 100% thrifted silk shirt in the dye vat. I was so pleased with the color saturation, wash fastness, and clarity of the design. More simply--it worked! I'd been stashin

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.

What you need: about a half metre (a little more than half a yard) Linen Fabric (or try any white or light coloured 100% cotton fabric) Turmeric Coffee White Vinegar Large Pot (I used 2 cups vinegar, 8 cups water) This process preps the fabric so the dye will adhere to the fibres. Machine wash in cold water and dry before sewing!

How to coffee dye or tea dye.

The coffee-based dye is a potential alternative to the two million tons of chemicals and synthetic dyes used annually in the textile industry.

Many people have been invested in doing DIY things over the past few years. The rise in popularity of this trend has made people see the many uses of things in their daily lives. This article will show you how to dye clothes black with coffee.

Learn how to dye all kinds of fabric and textiles with an all natural fabric dye!

How to coffee dye or tea dye.