Supplies
- Rit All-Purpose Liquid Dye: Fuchsia Used Here
- 12 Cup Coffee Filters
- Container for Dyeing
- Rubber Gloves
- Paper Towels
- Plastic Table Cover
- Measuring Spoon
- Hot Glue Gun
Time
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Difficulty
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Instructions
- Cover table with plastic and gather your supplies.
- Fill a small container with 4 cups of hot water (140°F). Wearing rubber gloves, add 1 cap full of well-shaken Fuchsia dye into dyebath; stir well.
- Test dye color on one coffee filter. If color is too light, add more dye; if it’s too dark; add more water.
- Immerse coffee filters into the dyebath for a few seconds while they absorb the dye.
- Remove filters from the dyebath and separate them to dry on newspapers or paper towels.
- Once dry, it is time to create the coffee filter flowers.
- Cut a spiral into the coffee filter starting from the outside-in. You can choose to cut a simple spiral or use your scissors to create a scalloped edge the whole way to the center. The larger the space between the spiral, the taller the flower will be.
- You then coil or roll them, again from the outside-in, and leave a dab of hot glue to secure the bottom where the center of your spiral ends.
- You can use multiple filters to create fuller/larger blooms.
- Once the flower is created, use a hot glue gun to adhere to surface.
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