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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It will be very hard to do this evenly.[/quote]

Not if your shirt is 100% cotton and clean. Tannic waterbath dyes are pretty straightfoward, especially on cotton. You'll get "unevenness" if there's oil or staining on the shirt to begin with, or if you don't wash the sizing out of it first. Prewash and don't dry it with dryer sheets or anything and you should be fine.[/quote]

The threads won't take the dye because the threads used in manufactured garments are synthetic, polyester based fibers.

She will end up with a dingy looking shirt with bright white thread.[/quote]

Incorrect. Here's a blog (not mine) showing tea dyeing poly well beyond "off white" https://www.sewhistorically.com/black-tea-dye-on-polyester-lace-and-fabric/ and here's the science of how/why it works: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10948525/ Tannins can achieve lightfast and washfast results on cottons just fine, and can penetrate poly perfectly well. If you're that worried about it, buy a higher-quality shirt. There's plenty of cotton thread in the world, and higher-quality garments aren't usually made with poly unless it's a specific feature.[/quote]

Also this: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780443152139000089[/quote]

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