I live where these butterfly peas grow everywhere and the colour is used in making local cakes. You don't need a teabag to extract the colour. Just put the dried flowers into a mug, add hot water. The longer you leave them, the darker the blue. Pour the water into a bowl, add more hot water to the flowers. You repeat till the flowers have lost all the blue colour. Hope this helps. Can you advise how to retain the colour on the fabric because it will fade when washed.
Hello, I am not sure. I would guess that would work, but am not sure. I grew the flowers myself so I know it was just the flowers. In a pre-bought powder what if there are other ingredients added to the powder that effect the dye? I would try on a small test fabric. Fabric can also be bought that is ready to be dyed which I will probably be trying in the future as it is a process to make fabric ready for dye. I think the mordanting process is very important in keeping a butterfly pea dye lightfast. I have read about others who have dyed with butterfly pea without a mordant at all and the fabric only kept the dye for a bit before going back to the color of the fabric. So sorry for the long answer, but basically I think it would work but have not tried
I live where these butterfly peas grow everywhere and the colour is used in making local cakes. You don't need a teabag to extract the colour. Just put the dried flowers into a mug, add hot water. The longer you leave them, the darker the blue. Pour the water into a bowl, add more hot water to the flowers. You repeat till the flowers have lost all the blue colour. Hope this helps. Can you advise how to retain the colour on the fabric because it will fade when washed.
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Wonderful! Beautiful plants!
can you use the powdered tea the same way, with the same results?
Hello, I am not sure. I would guess that would work, but am not sure. I grew the flowers myself so I know it was just the flowers. In a pre-bought powder what if there are other ingredients added to the powder that effect the dye? I would try on a small test fabric. Fabric can also be bought that is ready to be dyed which I will probably be trying in the future as it is a process to make fabric ready for dye. I think the mordanting process is very important in keeping a butterfly pea dye lightfast. I have read about others who have dyed with butterfly pea without a mordant at all and the fabric only kept the dye for a bit before going back to the color of the fabric. So sorry for the long answer, but basically I think it would work but have not tried
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