Cultural Textile Tours: Travel for textiles, culture, and embroidery practice!

Experience culture, textiles, and history with a small group of textile enthusiasts. Open to embroiderers of all levels, including absolute beginners,* and anyone seeking color, pattern, and creativity! Meet and learn from locals at the source of the tradition, eat delicious food, study art, architecture, and craft.
*Non-embroidering culture enthusiasts and partners or spouses are welcome, too!

2026 Tours to SPAIN, ESTONIA, PORTUGAL, and ROMANIA
are open for registration!

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Stretching for Stitchers online,
Oct. 25

Learn ways to stretch and take care of your hands and upper body to support your handwork (or desk work!). Register HERE.

Wiener Werkstätte Embroidery at Tatter online, Nov. 14 and 21

Explore Vienna in the 1910s and 20s through the artists and designers of the Wiener Werkstätte and embroidery inspired by fashion and decor. Register at tatter.org.

Holiday Floral Monograms with NYBG online, Dec. 5

Hosted by the New York Botanical Garden, join me online for monograms for holiday napkins, gifts and more! Register HERE.

The October TRANSYLVANIA CULTURAL TEXTILE TOUR
is FULL!

Email me for early notification for 2026!

Learn to stitch with community elders where the tradition began! Visit homes and private collections. Experience life in the Romanian, Hungarian, and the Saxon regions of Romania May 19 - 28, 2026!

RECENT PRESS

Thanks to Anne Merrow and Long Thread Media for inviting me to share my work! Take a look and listen!

Learn about Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla, the traditional clothing of Lagartera, Spain, and create an embroidered kerchief I designed in the Fall 2025 issue of Piecework Magazine!