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Cuppa Dye

I decided to tea dye the drawstring cotton bag I wanted to use for the project in the Summer issue of GreenCraft. This is because I like the color tea dyeing produces versus using coffee; it's warmer and looks more vintage.

I have my own method of dyeing which I've used for lace and small bits of linen. The formula is pretty simple: boiling water + four tea bags + glass container in which to soak the bag in the tea. For darker color you use more tea bags.

I wanted only a light dye so I let it soak for about an hour before I took it out.

I then gave the bag a quick handwash. This isn't strictly necessary but I prefer to remove any remaining tea from the bag.

Here is the tea dyed bag next to one that was not dyed. Note the shrinkage.

Now that I have the bag done, I can give the project a go. :)

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