Flosstube Extra: Experimenting with Coffee/Tea and Rit Dye (Cross Stitch Vlog) 

Orange fabric is hard to find. It’s nice to know you can make whatever you need for a project!

Thank you so much! It was a fun experiment and very interesting to see the results. I definitely want to try again with different colors. The Evening Blue pieces were some of my favorites. Thanks for watching! 😊

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it! The blue fabrics are some of my favorites 💙

I’m glad, I hope others try it! Thanks for watching 😊

You’re welcome 😊 I am excited to start it on the grey!

Thank you, that was one of my favorites!

It was fun, I will be trying again with other colors! 😀

You're very welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thank you 😊

Thank you so much!

Glad you enjoyed it!

It was fun! Thanks for watching 😊

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 🙂

That’s great, it’s fun to try! Thanks for watching 😊

Thank you, it was fun! I’ve got to catch up on my videos and watch your WIP Parade 😀

You should try it! Thanks for watching😀

It was easy and fun just took some time to do all the steps. Thanks for watching! 😊

Thank you! I was excited to stitch some Halloween pieces on my dyed fabric so I had to put away Christmas in July WIPs for a little while😄

@@textilly I was thinking Halloween the second I saw some of those colors!! So fun. 🎃

The coffee/tea really works well to darken the color! Thanks for watching 😊

That’s a good idea! I’ll have to try that 😀

That’s good to know. My store didn’t have gray in stock so I had to dilute the black. I need to order the gray when I get the denim blue I wanted to try. I also read a comment on someone else’s channel to try rubbing the coffee grounds on your fabric before going in the oven and then rinsing out. There are so many things to try!

Thank you so much!

I’ve never thought to try dyeing floss. Would be fun to try! If you have white dmc on hand when your dyeing it would be easy to add it in with your fabric. Great idea! 😀

@@textilly 👍🏻

That's good to know, thank you!

That’s a good idea!

Thank you! I did notice the coffee/tea smell. I was thinking of rinsing the fabric before hanging to dry next time to see if that helps but it might get rid of a lot of the color. It’s something I’ll have to experiment with. I don’t really notice the smell being as strong on the lugana I dyed a year or so ago. I’m excited to start stitching on the orange, I was happy with how it turned out. Thanks for watching!

I remember Priscilla and Chelsea mentioning that in their tutorial. I think the edges being exposed in the oven are more likely to burn and get crispy. Thanks for watching!

The Stitching with the Housewives tutorial said you need to use heat to set the color. They use the oven to do that and it also darkens the fabric a little more. I’ve also heard it could be done in the microwave but I haven’t tried that.