tea dye

the new fabric and the cat trim... the problem was that i hate cream and white! as you can see below the original trim is very white. had already sewn it on the bag because i thought maybe the cuteness would outshine the fact that cream and white looks just plain wrong. was wrong, it looked dumb! then remembered tea dying! of course at first i just went ahead and dabbed the tea bag on the strap and ironed it- perfect i thought at the time. eventually (2 hours) the OCD got the better of me and i just couldnt leave it like that half-ass so i took the strap out and just put it in the dye bath with more trim i will use.


as you can see im still not following instructions. it looks like weird soup.


here is how to dye fabric for an antique look wih tea:
http://www.geocities.com/kraftproject/craft-tea-dying.html

edit way later:
it worked! its a lovely and even dye!