2025 Cultural Textile Tours: Travel to Estonia, Hungary + Romania, and Portugal for textiles, culture, and embroidery workshops!

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!

UPCOMING ONLINE WORKSHOPS

Modern Monograms and Stitched Text, 2-part class: Feb. 22 and March 1

Learn to stitch traditional and creative monograms and lettering online through The Peters Valley School of Craft. Learn the history of monograms and how to embellish clothing with a letter or two.

MEET US IN BUDAPEST IN JUNE FOR THE TRANSYLVANIA CULTURAL TEXTILE TOUR!

Learn to stitch with community elders where the tradition began! Visit homes and private collections. Learn about Romanian, Hungarian, Saxon, and Romani life June 10 - 19, 2025 and Romanian, Hungarian, and the Romanian Maramures region in October!

RECENT PRESS

Read an interview with me in Dutch in the February issue of Handwerken Zonder Grenzen (Handwork Without Borders, no. 247)!

Listen to the Authentic Creative Obsessions podcast interview with me: https://www.authenticobsessions.com/sarah-pedlow-honoring-the-overlooked/

The Embroiderers’ Guild of America Needle Arts December 2024 issue with my Hungarian írásos on the cover includes an article on the Ukrainian Sorochka class I hosted with Hanna Rogatynska in 2023. Written by participants Mary Beth Zimmerman and Joyce Sirski-Howell.

Évora, Arraiolos + Lisbon, Sintra, Portugal 2025

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!

Lisbon, Sintra, and Évora: Arraiolos Hand-Stitched Rugs

September 25 - October 4, 2025 ONE SPACE REMAINS!

The Alentejo region + Lisbon, Portugal

With an introduction to Lisbon and Sintra’s palaces, art collections, and storied neighborhoods, we’ll explore UNESCO World Heritage city Évora, stitch the Arraiolos carpet technique in its namesake town, visit weavers, potters, and more with an artist’s residency herdade amongst the oaks and hills as our home base! Explore the local textile culture, both traditional and contemporary, the Arraiolos stitch, and work on a creative piece inspired by the place!