Friday, August 3, 2012

Laced Tea

I scored this great cropped lace top at a thrift store for fifty cents the other day, but didn't want to keep it white so I decided to venture into the world of natural dying.

I thought some of you might enjoy a tutorial on how to dye your own lace using teabags so here goes:
Step 1: Boil 4 cups of water per yard of fabric.
Step 2: Once water is boiling, remove from heat and put in tea bags to steep for 5 minutes.
(Use approximately 1 tea bag per cup of water)
Step 3: Remove tea bags and put fabric in pot
Step 4: Stir to ensure all fabric gets stained for at least 10 minutes
(You can leave the fabric in longer if you want the color darker. Note that it will dry a shade lighter than what it looks like wet.)
Step 5: Remove the fabric from the tea bath and let line dry.
(You can dry in dryer, but you will need to wipe out the dryer after so that future loads do not get stained.  i.e. Do it the lazy way and let it air dry.)

If  you aren't happy with the color, repeat the process.

Top: me, Belt: Belk, Shorts: AE, Sandals: Belk

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