How to Dye Fabric with Tea?
如何用茶叶来染布？
by Lynn Woll
Learn how to dye fabric with tea to makes a lovely patina for an aged look to a basic fabric. Sometimes this is referred to as tea staining fabric. Tea dyeing does not create a major change in the color of the textile, it’s a great and inexpensive way to create a vintage look to either new or old fabrics or clothing. Below is a step-by-step guide how to tea stain fabric.
了解如何用茶对织物进行染色，使基本织物呈现出可爱的铜绿，呈现出复古的外观。有时这被称为茶染色织物。茶染色不会使纺织品的颜色发生重大变化，这是一种为新旧面料或服装打造复古外观的绝佳且廉价的方式。以下是如何对织物进行茶渍处理的分步指南。
Tea dyeing fabric is a natural, inexpensive and non-toxic way to change the color of your cloth. The tannnins in black tea make a great dye, giving your fabrics a nice patina. The tannins bond well to natural fibers, so you don’t need any mordants to assist with this, making tea dyeing an easy method.
茶染色织物是一种天然、廉价且无毒的改变布料颜色的方法。红茶中的单宁是一种很好的染料，可以给你的织物带来漂亮的铜绿。单宁与天然纤维结合良好，因此不需要任何媒染剂来辅助，使茶染色成为一种简单的方法。
We show you how to dye fabric with tea bags.
Materials:
About 10 - 20 black tea bags (more tea bags makes darker fabric)
Water
About 2 - 4 tablespoons of table salt
About 1/4 - 1/2 cup white vinegar
1 yard white cotton fabric (may use less or more, which means you'll need a larger or smaller pot and more or less tea bags).
You can use a printed fabric that has white and another color, to make the white more of a beige. NOTE: You can dye clothing or other textile items, but it is best to make sure they are 100% cotton. A poly-blend fabric will not take the color as well as 100% cotton.
Tools:
Large pot
Large spoon or tongs
步骤如下：
所需材料：
约 10 - 20 个红茶包（茶包越多，布料颜色越深）
水
约 2 - 4 汤匙食盐
约 1/4 - 1/2 杯白醋
1 码白色棉织物（可能使用更少或更多，这意味着您需要更大或更小的壶以及更多或更少的茶包）。
您可以使用白色和其他颜色的印花织物，使白色更像米色。注意：您可以给衣服或其他纺织品染色，但最好确保它们是 100% 纯棉的。涤纶混纺面料的颜色不如 100% 棉面料。
所需工具：
大锅
大勺子或钳子
Find a large pot in your kitchen that will easily hold the fabric that you want to dye with tea. I used a big soup pot. Fill the pot with water to about 2″ from the top. To prepare the tea bags, either pull off the paper tab or purchase tea bags with no string or paper tab. Use about 1 tea bag for each cup of water. I used 10 tea bags for my pot of water.
在厨房里找一个大锅，可以轻松容纳你想用茶染色的织物。我用的是一个大汤锅。将水倒入锅中，距离顶部约 2 英寸。要准备茶袋，请撕掉纸片或购买没有绳子或纸片的茶袋。每杯水大约使用 1 个茶包。我用了 10 个茶包来装我的一壶水。
Place the tea bags and 1/4 cup of salt in the water, and bring to a full boil. The salt helps set the tea dye in the fabric.
While your water is coming to a full boil, prepare your fabric. I wanted a mottled look to my fabric, so I bundled it up and secured with several rubber bands. This will cause some variations of the color. Carefully add your fabric to the boiling pot of tea. If you want more of a solid color, add the piece of fabric and use long tongs to move the fabric around in the tea to make sure it is completely submerged.
Simmer the tea with the fabric for about an hour. Check it often and make sure that the fabric continues to be submerged, whether it is a bundled or not. If your fabric is not bundled, check the color and see if you like it. Note: the color will fade a bit when the fabric dries. If your fabric is bundled, I don’t open it, as I want it to set with the darker creases and wrinkles.
Turn the burner off and I like to leave the fabric to soak overnight, to get good color from the tea.
In the morning, take your fabric out of the tea and dispose of the tea bags and tea. If you bundled your fabric, take off the rubber bands and open your fabric — enjoy the big reveal and how your fabric took the dye!
Take your fabric to a sink and rinse until water runs clear. Then, place your fabric back in your pot and cover with clear water. Add about 1/4 – 1/2 cup of white vinegar to the water and swish around to mix. Keep the fabric in the water / vinegar mixture for about an hour, to help set the dye.
Unfold the fabric and rinse in clean water until it runs clear. Wash and dry fabric to remove all excess tea and vinegar smell. I ran it through the washing machine for a good wash. Enjoy your new tea dyed fabric!
将茶包和 1/4 杯盐放入水中，煮沸。盐有助于茶染料在织物上的凝固。
当水完全沸腾时，准备布料。如果想让我的布料看起来有斑驳的外观，所以把它捆起来并用几根橡皮筋固定。这会导致颜色发生一些变化。小心地将布料放入煮沸的茶壶中。如果您想要更多的纯色，请添加一块布料并使用长钳子在茶中移动布料，以确保其完全浸没。
将茶与布一起煮约一个小时。经常检查并确保织物继续浸入水中，无论是否捆绑。如果您的布料没有捆绑，请检查颜色并看看您是否喜欢。注意：当织物干燥时，颜色会稍微褪色。如果你的布料是捆绑在一起的，不建议打开它，因为这样才能留下较深的折痕和皱纹。
关掉炉子，我喜欢让织物浸泡过夜，以便从茶中获得良好的颜色。
早上，将布料从茶中取出，并处理掉茶袋和茶。如果您捆绑了织物，请取下橡皮筋并打开织物 - 享受大展示以及织物如何染色！
将织物放入水槽中冲洗，直至水变清澈。然后，将布料放回锅中，并用清水覆盖。在水中加入约 1/4 – 1/2 杯白醋，然后晃动混合。将织物放在水/醋混合物中约一个小时，以帮助染色。
展开织物并用清水冲洗直至其清澈。清洗并晾干织物，去除多余的茶味和醋味。可以用洗衣机里好好清洗。享受您的新茶染面料吧！
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