Workshops
Bring your hands and your attention. Leave with something transformed.
Workshops are where the practice becomes shared. Some of what I teach came to me the way most inherited things do — quietly, through the hands. I learned to stitch from my grannies, absorbing the way a needle is held and the rhythm of a running stitch long before anyone called it teaching. Other knowledge I sought out deliberately: my dye technique comes from studying with some of today's modern master dyers, carrying their craft forward into my own hands.
Both paths end up in the same place — a habit of making and remaking rather than replacing. Whether we're mending, stitching, or working a vat of indigo, this is not mundane technique for its own sake. It is transformation, a celebration of making and remaking, a way of keeping memories alive and creating new ones. Every piece we finish together is a small act of resistance against disposability, and an act of beauty.
Looking for dedicated 1-on-1 instruction, a private group stitching workshop, or a custom consultation on a personal textile project? Sessions can be hosted at my studio or at your venue. Request a private session.
Make Do and Mend: A Sashiko, Embroidery & Visible Mending Workshop
Learn to transform damaged or worn clothing into one-of-a-kind art through visible mending. We'll combine sashiko-inspired stitching, Kantha-style running stitches, and decorative embroidery to celebrate wear rather than hide it. Includes a Mini Mending Kit with hand-dyed thread and fabric scraps.
Sustain Your Wardrobe: Overdye, Mend, Repair & Embellish
Give faded or worn garments new life in this comprehensive day-long workshop. We’ll refresh faded fabrics at the dyepot, dye custom patch materials, and use hand stitching, embroidery, and decorative embellishments to transform damaged clothing into unique, layered wearable art.
Introduction to Handstitching
Learn the basics of hand embroidery in a beginner-friendly environment. We’ll explore essential tools, line mark-making, and foundational stitches—including running stitch, backstitch, lazy daisy, French knot, chain stitch, and blanket stitch—giving you the skills and confidence to begin your own practice.
Handstitching Workshop: Beyond The Basics
Ready to take your handstitching past the fundamentals? Expand your range with advanced stitches and texture combinations like woven spider wheel and herringbone to build confidence and develop a style recognizably your own.
Stitched Pillow Top Workshop
Learn simple, beginner-friendly embroidery stitches to design and embellish a unique pillow top. We'll explore how hand stitching bridges hand-dyed indigo textiles with commercially dyed cotton to create a striking, functional piece for your home.
Thread Into Collage Workshop
Explore using thread and stitching as creative alternative adhesives in mixed-media collage. Learn techniques to attach elements onto base materials like paper, cloth, book covers, and cardboard—turning thread into both structural joinery and expressive line work.
Introduction to Indigo Dye Processes Workshop
Discover the magic and chemistry behind natural indigo dye. Learn the fundamentals of setting up a vat, explore clamp resist techniques using acrylic plates, and dip your own beautiful blue-patterned textiles to take home.
Arashi Shibori Workshop
Master Arashi—a pole-dyeing technique that creates fluid, wind-driven diagonal lines across fabric. Learn wrapping, binding, and dip-dyeing methods on an indigo vat to craft dramatic, organic textile patterns.
Student Work
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Our standard classes are limited to 3 to 8 participants to ensure personal attention and room to work. We reserve the right to cancel a workshop if the minimum number of students is not met.
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All classes and workshops must be paid in advance to reserve your space. You may change or cancel your registration up to 7 days prior to the first day of class to receive a refund issued as studio credit for a future workshop. Cancellations made after that window are non-refundable, and no make-ups or transfers are offered for missed classes.
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If you are unable to attend, you are always welcome to transfer your registered spot to a friend. Simply let us know prior to the start of class so we can update our attendee list.
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Private 1-on-1 instruction, customized small-group workshops, and individual project consultations are available. Sessions can be hosted at my studio or brought to your location. Inquire about a private session.