Madder Cutch & Co | Natural Dye & Screen Printing Workshops

Beautiful sustainable natural fabrics, hand-made with love and care for the environment

At Madder Cutch & Co we create beautifully designed fabrics that are printed using sustainably sourced plant dyes and pigments. Our original designs are hand screen-printed on 100 % linen that is woven for us in Scotland.

A little bit about Nicola

A chemistry teacher with a lifelong love of textiles, Nicola Cliffe left the classroom to follow a childhood dream of going to art college.

Triggered by a strong desire to redress the careless use of synthetic dyes worldwide, she completed an MA with distinction in sustainable textile design at Chelsea College of Art and Design.

Inspiration from her surroundings and a love to draw, Nicola turns her sketches into flowing repeats and screen-prints them by hand in her garden studio.

The delicate flowers of Achillea millefolium that grow in the garden every summer have led to her first collection.

The dyes we use

Made from plant extracts woad, madder, cutch, weld and pigments such as charcoal we use the latest, most environmentally friendly methods, to show off our colours at their beautiful best. These colours have been used since antiquity and have a long and interesting history.

“It took considerable time to produce the colours for my first collection but we had a great deal of fun coming up with their names. Which have been inspired by my home surroundings of Stamford, Lincolnshire – a beautiful Georgian town where I live and have my studio.”

Our creative workshops

Join Nicola in the studio to explore plant dyes and printing techniques.

These small, hands-on sessions introduce the principles behind natural colour and the processes Nicola uses within herown practice.
No prior experience is necessary, only curiosity.

We run a range of creative workshops throughout the year including Block Printing, Indigo Dyeing, Introduction to screen printing and making natural dye inks for screen printing.

🌿 Craft: Natural Plant Dyeing, Artisan Linen Screen Printing, Botanical Extract Chemistry, Eco-Friendly Textile Design & Crafting Kits
🌿 Location: Madder Cutch & Co Studio, Empingham Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, PE9 2RJ, U