Mother's Day Gift: Tea Dyed Note Keeper

Back in March, my friend Connie and I got together to dye some white fabric in 12 different types of tea to see what kind of results we would get. We used Bentley Tea and the flavors were Oriental Treasure green Tea, Raspberry Green Tea, Blueberry Green Tea, Pomegranate Green Tea, Misty Mint Green Tea, Earl Grey Green Tea, English Breakfast Tea, Lemon Honey Chamomile Tea, Gingerbread Spice Tea, Holiday Spice Tea and French Vanilla Tea.

I used my tea-dyed fabric to make the This and That note keeper from the Nifty Notes  pattern by Sherri K. Falls for my mom. As you can see with this fabric there is not a lot of color variation.  One of the reasons could be because we used the same brand for all 12 teas flavors. I also noticed that with the green teas there was not a lot of color differences either. The top section is dyed in the Oriental Treasure Green Tea, English Breakfast Tea was used for the middle section, the botton section was dyed in Gingerbread Spice Tea and the tab was dyed in Blueberry Green Tea.  At least all the fabrics have fun sounding names even if there is not a lot of color difference.

Of course I had to make a note keeper for myself. The fabrics I used to make it you can see some shade variations.  All in all our tea dying party was a lot of fun and I would definitely like to do it again but using more of the black teas. The This and That note keeper pattern is perfect for using small scraps of fabric and on the inside is an extra pocket perfect for adding a book of stamps or even a gift card!