CULTURAL TEXTILE TOURS for makers, artists, and enthusiasts

and EMBROIDERY WORKSHOPS with culture and context

2025 Cultural Textile Tours are all open for registration! Travel to Hungary + Romania, Portugal, or Estonia!

The ESTONIA tour is now live!

UPCOMING ONLINE WORKSHOPS

Holiday Botanical Monograms, Dec. 14

Stitch a monogram or a sweet floral embellishment for holiday napkins. Take a break from preparation and parties to stitch together. Register HERE.

2025 TEXTILE TOURS

Transylvania, Romania + Budapest, Hungary
DETAILS HERE.

Travel to the heart of Transylvania, Romania to experience, Romanian, Hungarian, and Saxon or Maramureș cultures! Stitch írásos with women, meet a Romani family (Saxon tour), view private textile collections, attend a bi-annual vintage/flea market, share home-cooked meals in family homes.

Viana do Castelo + Porto, Portugal
and
Évora and Arraiolos + Lisbon, 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!

Floral Embroidery of the Lavradeira, 1800s Farm Girl:
Viana do Castelo + Porto

August 9 - 16, 2025

Viana do Castelo, + Porto, Portugal

Experience the largest festival of Viana with over 600 people in traditional dress,stitch with a local artisan in our country house, visit weavers, and Porto!

This year golf or fly-fishing will be available as additional options for non-stiching guests!

Arraiolos Hand-Stitched Rugs: Évora, Arraiolos, + Lisbon

August 17 - 24 and a special Alentejo retreat with Sintra and Lisbon: September 25 - October 4, 2025

Évora, Arraiolos + Lisbon, Portugal

With an introduction to Lisbon, we’ll spend the week in UNESCO World Heritage city Évora, stitch the Arraiolos carpet technique in its namesake town, visit weavers, and more!

Live Online Embroidery Workshops

2 hour, introductory workshops in stitching, history, and culture.

“Your class was insightful and the historical references so interesting. So much more than an embroidery class. Such a thoughtful approach to craft.” Gina P.

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Travel and create with artisans at the source.

Clear your mind and learn a new skill, one stitch at a time.

Enrich your creative practice with an afternoon of needlework and culture.

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The Estonia Cultural Textile Tour is now open for registration! July 26 - August 3, 2025. Explore several regions of the country from cities to resort towns to the islands! Learn to stitch Muhu embroidery, visit weavers and knitters, see The Nationa

Estonian Muhu embroidery, inspired by the traditional blankets, applied to a dress design for a singer in the late 70s. From an exhibition in Haapsalu two years ago. 🧳 New TOUR info and registration are coming soon! Travel with me and a small group

A warm hello to you in the golden light from the Transylvania tour last month! I’m Sarah, an artist and founder of ThreadWritten. I fell in love with embroidery in 2009 while in Budapest for an artist’s residency. Visiting the Népr

Gathering and Smocking from Central and Eastern Europe: Two-part online workshop this Saturday, Nov. 9 and Nov. 16- join me to learn techniques to use on cuffs or necklines or make a cuff-style bracelet in photo 1. I’ll share images of smocked

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