I use coffee dyed cheesecloth frequently in different primitive crafts and I am out of my aged cheesecloth. In this primitive craft tutorial, I am going to experiment with four different coffee dye recipes to age some cheesecloth.
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Coffee Dye Cheesecloth:
I purchased two packages of cheesecloth at Dollar General. Each piece of cheesecloth was a 36″ square. In order to try out four different coffee dye recipes, I cut each piece in half, so I had four 18″ x 36″ pieces of cheesecloth.
Coffee Dye Recipes:
Plain Coffee Dye:
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 Tablespoon instant coffee
Coffee with Vanilla Dye:
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 Tablespoon instant coffee
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Coffee with Cinnamon Dye:
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 Tablespoon instant coffee
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon – I had to whisk this mixture to get rid of the cinnamon clumps.
Extra Strong Coffee Dye:
- 1 cup hot water
- 2 Tablespoons instant coffee
I let the cheesecloth soak for 3 minutes in each batch of coffee dye. I then took the cheesecloth out of the dye and squeezed out the excess liquid.
To dry the cheesecloth, I left it loosely bunched up and laid it on a towel.
Coffee Dye Results:
Leaving the cheesecloth loosely bunched while drying gave the cheesecloth an uneven dye job, which is perfect for primitive crafting!
The coffee + cinnamon dye recipe created the darkest color. The coffee + vanilla isn’t really much different from the plain coffee dye, but it does have a nice scent.
The strong coffee is darker than the regular coffee, but not as much darker as I thought it would be.
Any of these aged pieces of cheesecloth will work in my primitive crafting, but it will be nice to have some choices in the amount of grunge when I am choosing one to add to a craft project.
You might also like our how to age fabric tutorial.
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