T Stands For Dyeing Fabric

I want to begin by saying I am out of town at the moment, but will be back before T time ends tomorrow.  I have watched so many of you and your awesome ice and snow photos recently, I decided to share my one and only icy day this year. 

Not only did we get ice, we experienced record low temperatures, too.   I'm sure you can also tell how windy it is by one of my wind chimes that is blowing in the wind.

I had to step outside to see these two robins, one of which is more than likely pregnant,

although it may just be an optical illusion.

We got a lot more ice and snow, but I failed to take any additional photos.  The snow and ice are all gone now, even though we still haven't seen the sun.  I hope you enjoyed this springtime interlude.


I'm sure many of you remember the sun tea I made for T Tuesday two weeks ago.

It's now time to share what I did with this tea and these tea bags.

Late in the day, I felt the tea was ready, so instead of using a plate as I originally planned to do, I got a lid from a bucket and tore several pieces of fabric

from an old bed sheet.

I laid the largest piece over the bucket lid, then positioned the wet teabags over the dry fabric.

I folded the fabric over the teabags and pressed so some of the tea would migrate to the fabric.

The tea was already starting to color the fabric.

That was when I turned the entire piece over so the tea would get equal attention on both sides.

Next it was time to scrunch the other two pieces of fabric into a ball

that would fit in the remaining tea.

Now all I had to do was wait for the tea to color and stain the white bed sheet.

A day and a half later, the teabags were dry.  Not what I expected, not what I had planned.  But not a disappointment, either.

As I unfolded the fabric, 

I wasn't sure which side I preferred.  I'll let you decide.

For the second project, the tea hadn't migrated or been absorbed by as much of the fabric as I had hoped.

After drying them, I wasn't disappointed, but I also felt like these two fabric swatches were very light in color.  I now believe I should have used a darker tea.

For Day 10 of 22, I recycled 11 green teabags and three pieces from a used bed sheet.

Now it's your turn to share a drink related post.  It can be photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, teabags, teapots, cups and saucers, mugs, scrapbooking, or any other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink. Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I, along with the rest of the T gang will be by to visit.  Old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time.