5 Steps To Tea Dye Fabric:
I got to write this post, when a sudden requirement to get a tea dyed fabric came from some of my buyer . I carried this process in my office and i would like to share this with you all, as they may help you to understand tea dying fabric process better ways .Tea Dying fabric is a process to dye a fabric to give an antique look to the fabric.. Light beige color or you may say tea color! Sometimes, the fabric is too bright or too white and you wants to give it an off white color look so you need to dye your fabric in tea dye . It gives you an aged antique look. Here is my process to make tea dyed fabric. I have put this together in 5 steps for you!
tea Dyed Fabric
Step 1: Chose the fabric
tea Dyed Fabric
This step is very important as you need to know whether the fabric can be dyed or not. As there are many fabrics which can’t be dyed, so make sure the fabric is dye able.

Step 2 : Put the tea in pan filled with water
tea Dyed Fabric
Put 5-6 teaspoon of tea leaves in a pan filled with water or you can even use tea bags and put it on gas for boiling .I am dying 1 meter of fabric , so tea quantity purely depends on the meters of fabric you dye ! Also the amount of tea you use depends on how dark you want your fabric to get .I wanted to get a light beige color so my quantity of tea taken depends on that.


Step 3: boil the water with tea and add fabric
tea Dyed Fabric for Bags
Boil the water with tea till it gets a good tea color in pan, now transfer the water into a big bucket so that the fabric gets more space under water. Now add the fabric, I took 1 meter and dip it inside water. Leave the fabric inside tea water for at least Half an Hour .Keep checking it at regular intervals. You can leave the fabric for 2 -3 hours in the water .to get good color , as the tea dye color will appear lighter than when the fabric is wet .

Step 4: Wash the fabric and dry it!
Now take out the fabric and wash it with normal cold water and hang it to dry.

Step 5 : Iron it and use it !
Iron your fabric after it is dry fully, voila! You will see the color you wanted, you will get an aged antique look in your fabric. The fabric is all your now , you can use it for various purposes , Since I am an accessories designer ,I am going to make a fabric Bag out of this tea dyed fabric , you can even make different tea dyed fabric handmade products like pouches , bag , a dress or a top or anything you wish for .

Original fabric / Tea dyed fabric
I am sure this post will help you understand the tea dying process better and also you can use this technique in many of your projects !