Madder Root (Rubia tinctorum)

Grow your own beautiful red natural dye! This perennial plant has been used as a traditional dye source for centuries. For extensive planting instructions including cultivation, harvesting, and how to cure the roots so they can be used as dye please reference this blog post that Sara wrote. For Sara’s favorite dye recipes please refer to formula 01 (Madder Pink) and formula 02 (Madder Red) in Sara’s book Quilt Alchemy. Signed copies are available here.

Each packet contains 2 grams which is equivalent to approximately 100 seeds.