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How to Tea Dye
URL: http://www.reddawn.net/quilt/teadye.htm

Description:
Instructions for using tea as a dye for fabrics, which "is an easy way to mute fabrics or give them an older, antiqued look." Includes a materials list, tips and warnings (do not dye synthetic fabrics), and some humorous material (how to tea dye a couch). From the author of a series of articles on quilting topics.

Author:
Duperault, Dawn

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Dyes and dyeing
Tea
Textile crafts

LII Database Information:
Record 10065 created by Jennifer English on 12/06/2004
Last modification on 12/07/2004
Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 01/10/2008 Charlotte Bagby on 11/27/2007
Published: 12/06/2004  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10065