#coffee dyeing

[the-laridian]

I coffee dyed some Hardanger today, which turned out great, except that the fold lines are seriously baked into the fabric even after washing and attempting to iron them out. OTOH the mottling came out great. The photo shows some moire because it's Hardanger.

[fizzyxcustard]

I’m spending my morning coffee and tea dyeing paper. ;-) How exciting my life is. Hahah! And trying to cope through it with a thumping headache.

[livieslovelies]

COFFEE DYING TIPS | LIVIE'S LOVELIES

[disstraction]

So I wanted to try out tea and coffee dyeing cause I needed some brown fabric but the local store didn't have the color I wanted, and I was curious how well more a "natural" dye would work before dealing with actual dyes lol.

Both were soaked overnight to get the darkest possible results. Black tea got me darker shades than coffee, but it /might/ be because I used cheap dollar store coffee haha... I think I might try instant coffee instead since brewed grinds has a bigger possibility of making the fabric splotchy and uneven.

I think what I may end up doing is mixing coffee and tea because tea gives me more even result but the color is to orange for what I wanted, while coffee has a more yellow tone of brown.