I love how it made the white print on the white fabric show up more and I love the vintage look

I can't help but think that if I accidentally spilled tea on my favorite white blouse, it would turn out darker!!! That's life!! I like the subtle changes. Thank you for sharing.

The differences in the darker fabrics look really nice, even though it's not a big change, I think it's just right.

I really like the "vintage" look it gives the material. Thanks for sharing, Nita. Always nice to learn these tricks for other folks!

my daughter is going to love this quilt..this is exactly what she would love. i like the lace quilt you did on face book.

Thank you so much for this video! It was super informative, I plan on using this method (perhaps with a longer setting time) for my Renaissance faire costume this year!! ❤

Great process. I've used this a few times to dye cotton for embroidery. It always turns out wonderfully!

Thank you for including the instructions for setting the tea dye. So many videos skip that part,and it’s such an important part of any dying process. Wonderful instructions. Loved seeing the original fabric plus the tea dyed fabric. Great information.

I followed your plan and dyed some white lace I have had for years and it came out awesome ! Thanks for your help!!!

Thank you so much Lisa... I'm repairing my friend's older quilt and needed an ecru fabric for the back and thought I'd try this on some solid white. I did three tests at 5, 10 and 15 min and the 5 minute was all I needed and it matches perfectly!!! Great tutorial and very easy technique. 5 stars for you!!

Best dying video from the ones i have watched. Thank you!

Thank you Lisa! I just did your method and it worked beautifully.

Found this gem of a video and will be using it to make some parchment looking fabric "paper" for some letter style embroidery stitch outs I am doing. Thank you again!

This is the first time I've seen fabric dyed with tea exciting 😁

Great video! Very informative. Love how the white on whites turned out! Thanks for sharing!❤😍

Ladies and gentlemen, Dr Lisa and Mrs. Jive! tee hee You're awesome, girlie!

Thank you so much I wish I could send a photo of my repair of a favourite top. Your method help keep the love of an 11 year article of clothing

Thanks so much for this video! I've been wanting to tea dye some fabrics and this is exactly what I was looking for. Your instructions, as well as seeing the actual process, were easy and super helpful. Your fabrics turned out beautifully! Thank you!

Gracias estaba buscando un tutorial, ya habia teñido un trozo de manta para un proyecto, pero no use vinagre. Me encantó. Que amable!!! Saludos

That was cool!

love the comparison photos

Wedding dress quilt, love it.

I really like how it made the white stand out when tea staining. Its like a antiquie old fabric look. Expecially with your wedding dress pieces. Nice

you are so funny love your laugh, you are my favorite person on videos you always do a excellent job

Love your method and will use it on my boring white t-shirt. Thanks

So much fun! Thx!

I like how they turned out. I like softer colors, and many fabrics are glaring. I received about 8 bins of fabric (riches!) free... but would like to antique some of them. This is just the tone I prefer for some projects. Thank you. New Subscriber.

Thank you Lisa☺ Hope all is well with you and your hubby x

Very helpful. Thank you!

Thank you for this great tutorial! All the info I've been looking for. And Thank You for being prepared and to the point. Refreshing! Btw, this is the first of your videos I've watched. I'll be back :) Thanks, again!

Thank you for posting, I looked through several videos and I'm going to try coffee dyeing some cotton pants I have for reenactments using your method.

Thanks a lot for sharing Nita

Little late, but I did this on a pair of shoe laces and it gave it a subtle ivory color I was going for. thank you!

In the 80s I coloured my white curtains every time after washing with 1 pound black COOKED tea leafs in a cheese-linnen in a bath-tubs over night. Next washing there was only a less tea-leaves necessary because some colour had left. Because the curtain-material was white nylon which took not so well colour and I needed no salt

Thank you for your video,will try with aida

The sizing also can have an impact on color. I use a potato masher to press fabric into liquid

I know this was done in February of last year, but I just watched your video. Love it. If you didn't find out why the vinegar sets the tea my husband you has carved cow horns said that some people tea dye the horns to get the vintage look. He told me that the vinegar sets the color by the acid in the vinegar. So there you have it. Keep on keep on. !!

ty for this video. i have done some coffee dyed but did it by trial and error

I can’t wait to try this method with Jamaica tea it has a beautiful vibrant purple-violet color. Thank you

interesting video and informative, for me personally it is a bit too much work/hassle but it was presented nicely so whoever does enjoy doing this knows how to. in any case thank you for sharing and have a nice day.

I love the white on white designs T stained.

Sorry if I missed this but is it better to pre wash the material before hand. I recently started following your channel and I have learned a lot. Informative and enjoyable. Thank you!

Thank you.❤🙏🏼

Thanks for the video. Can I use this method for a crepe fabric ?

Lisa, I have never see tea dying fabric before ... love your results! The wedding material at the end really looks great, too. What type of fabric was it? Now I have a use for some old tea bags that I've kept meaning to throw away. I didn't waste the money for them after all. LOL

I'm making a woven baby wrap so I have 4 yards of linen fabric. I don't have a pot big enough, could I use like a Home Depot bucket instead?

Tea is permanent. Does not require salt or vinegar.

Wow Thank you I always thought this was so hard and messy!!! You have taught me differently. Do you have a video on the ink spray too? Will definitely be watching you on a regular basis Thank you

Would this work for toning down an orange cotton canvas? I bought it online thinking it would be a darker brick orange but it's sadly more of a bright pumpkin orange...

Thank u . I'm going 2 have a go at this. Dose it smell of the vinger. Take care Jill and thank u xxxxx

Hi Lisa. I am a nurse and noted your dressing right away. Glad it is healed. Question...I would like a more sweded or "tie dyed" effect with both light and dark staining. What do you suggest?. God bless and I love your laugh too.

Are you saying that it will never wash back out? That I can cut it, sew it and quilt it and it will stay the same? This is an awesome idea. Thanks for sharing...

I put a dinner plate on top as a weight to keep the fabric under the tea mixture

Great video. I'm going to try it. Can you do this with adia? Also, can you save the used tea and reuse another time?

Thank you Lisa...your video was very helpful. It's been a few years since I've tea dyed fabric so I needed a refresher. Quick questions, what was the ratio of salt to the water in the dying process? What was the ratio of vinegar to water to set the colors? Thank you for your video.

I put soda in the tea to draw the flavor (and color) from the tea bags. I wonder if the salt does the same thing??

I have some fabrics that I want to put together but some of them have a white background or flecks while the others have an off-white background or fleck and I'm thinking of tea-dying the ones with white to make them more off-white or at least not white. Maybe I should do all of them to help them come together.

I want to do a crib sheet ! About how much water do you think I could use? Also I want more of a cinnamon color, do you have an instructional video on how to dye with cinnamon?

About how long would I steep the tea and how many bags to go from white to an off white?

Nice process.. Very detailed.... Does the tea colour stay for some time or washes off the next wash ...just was curious!! Do you suggest I can use some fixer towards the end? Thanks dear 🙏

Very nice! I can see how this would look great as an antiquing effect. Do you have a finished quilt with fabrics that you stained?

Thanks Lisa. Not at all hard but time consuming. I think these turned out pretty. I have used this process with tea before for cross stitch fabric years ago. A friend of mine uses coffee and loves the results better than when she used tea. She gets a richer color for the same amount of time and effort. Depends on how much richer/darker you want your fabric. Love all your videos. I’m new on your channel and subscribed so I don’t miss anything. Hugs! 💝💝💝 PS - Have you tried cotton canvas?

Thank you for showing your different fabrics and how they reacted to the tea. I did not see what ratio of tea you added to the water.

So what happens you do acrylic etc? I have fabric I want to embroider and want it too fade and be stained to appear vintage.

This might be too...sciencey, (yes, I know that's not a word and scientific would be the preferred nomenclature; but sciencey seemed to fit here) but does the salt have to be iodized in order to work in opening the fibers to help them accept the dye?

I like this idea because I am not too fond of using whites with the hardness of my water that also has iron and stains everything.

I read that simmered onion skins also produce a very nice dye and also acts as a mordent (setting agent ) I'm going to try your tea idea as well soon ,thank you !

This will be a lot cheaper than buying antique spray. I didn’t do the salt and vinegar when I tried it so it didn’t look good thus I bought that pricey spray. Please continue with your videos I love how easy and fun you make the projects. It’s almost like playtime

I don’t know why I have darker spots on my t shirt, what did I do wrong ? I just want it to be bone colour

Is there anyway I could do a comforter?

Does it work on semi synthetic ( half cotton) fabric?

What kind of tea do you use?

Will it be washed out in the future?

I have also tried this with herbal teas which give some interesting colours

would you try this with a new handmade cotton doily?

How many tea bags did you use?

Thank yu

Hi Lisa, have you tried cheese cloth?

Can you make a another dye video using chilli powder, please?

What if I need to sue large bolts of linen curtains

Where can I find the final results?

Hi Lisa, great recipe, but I suppose you could have gotten the desired result by adding more tea bags and more amount of water for soaking too many fabric pieces at a time would also be better.

How much coffee do you add to your boiled water to dye fabrics

How would polyester end up looking?

What is the purpose of adding salt please?

Do I really have to use vinegar and and iron ? why just don't only use tea and let it dry

Everyone complains about ketchup stains. Won't ketchup make a good dye? What colour would white cloth look? Light brown?

Gerogett saree I want to change Cloth I'll absorb the color

I would think adding "wet" fabric to the tea bath would be better.

I was. a R.N. and works with old people. One day, I saw a lady who took her tea bag and passed it on her hair. She was tincture her hair. And she didn’t have white hairs!!!

Why don't you use a bigger spoon... lol lol lol

What's the point of going through this process when there's almost no difference in change of color??

salt? Who knew

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What's wrong with your arm? I hope it's better now since this video was posted in February.