Stitch by stitch, learn the foundations of Moroccan embroidery and take home a small finished piece.
Begin with the cultural world behind Moroccan embroidery. Discover how needlework has been used to decorate textiles, clothing, and domestic objects, and how regional traditions developed distinctive motifs, colors, stitches, and visual identities.
Explore embroidery as more than decoration. Learn how techniques and motifs have historically been transmitted through generations, often within families and communities, preserving knowledge through observation, repetition, and practice.
Get familiar with the needle, thread, fabric, and hoop before discovering a selection of fundamental stitches. Understand how small variations in movement can create lines, textures, details, and patterns.
Choose your motif and colors and begin building your own composition. As the design develops stitch by stitch, experiment with the same fundamental principles that have allowed embroiderers to turn thread into intricate visual expression.
Complete your embroidered piece and take it home with a deeper understanding of the patience and knowledge behind the craft. Your creation becomes a small continuation of a practice that has traveled from hand to hand across generations.