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Borders and Edgings

A Virtual Class with Sarah Pedlow

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Whole Cloth Quilt

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

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TATTER TEXTILE RETREAT WITH ABOUBAKAR FOFANA

June 25th – 30th, 2023

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Hand Sewn Historical Chemise

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

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World Embroidery Series: a six week exploration

A Virtual Class Series

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World Embroidery Series: Blackwork Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Denise Maroney

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World Embroidery Series: Lavradeira Portuguese Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Sarah Pedlow

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World Embroidery Series: Ainu embroidery with Kaparamip Technique

A Virtual Class with Selina Ben

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World Embroidery Series: Kantha Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Ekta Kaul

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World Embroidery Series: Shisha Mirrorwork Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Shahnaz Khan

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World Embroidery Series: Syrian Cross-Stitch

A Virtual Class with Wafa Ghnaim

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Historical Hand-Sewn Shirt

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

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Hand Stitched Quilted Drawstring Bag

A virtual class with Karen Stevens

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INDIGO DYEING WITH ABOUBAKAR FOFANA IN BROOKLYN, NY

June 18th – 21st, 2023

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One-yard shirt

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

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TATTER TEXTILE RETREAT WITH CHINATSU NAGAMUNE

June 18th – 23rd, 2023

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Stitch Sampler Book

A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee

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Ssamsol Jogakbo: Patchwork Bojagi Technique

A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee

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Saeksilnubi: a quilting tradition

A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee

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Wearable Tie-On Pocket: Valentine’s Day Edition

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

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Embroidery as Drawing

A Virtual Class with Beverly Army Williams

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Holiday Market 2022

Tatter’s annual holiday shopping event!

Lectures

Book Talk – On Mending: stories of damage and repair by Celia Pym

A virtual book talk with author Celia Pym

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This Long Thread: One Year Anniversary!

A virtual book talk with author Jen Hewett and featured artists: Raquel Busa, Brandi Harper, and Chi Nguyen

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Hand Sewing IV: Buttons and Buttonholes

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

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Hand Sewing III: Lining and Gathers

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

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Beginner Hand Sewing Series

A Virtual Class Series with Sarah Woodyard

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Hand Sewing I

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

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Hand Sewing II: Seams and Hems

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

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Hand-Sewn Quilting Primer Series: a seven week exploration

A Virtual Class Series

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Hand-Sewn Quilting Primer Series: Improv appliqué

A Virtual Class with Heidi Parkes

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Quilted Hand Stitched Zipper Pouch

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

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Hand Stitched Crossbody Bag

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

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Hand-Sewn Bloomers

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

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Hippari Jacket with Sashiko Stitching

An In-Person Class with Toshie and Marico Chigyo

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Quilted Jacket

A Virtual Class with Sandra Lee

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Tatter Textile Retreat – Stitched Shibori

Join us for a unique, week-long retreat where we will immerse ourselves in an indigo shibori dyeing practice with artist Teresa Misagal. We will stay on a gorgeous seaside farm on the Maine coast where hiking, swimming and gardens are just outside of your bedroom door. Your days will be spent in the studio, and […]

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Hand Stitched Oven Mitt

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

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Book Talk – Diasporic Threads: Black Women, Fibre and Textiles

Join author, Dr. Sharbreon Plummer, and Michelle Bishop, founder and director of Harlem Needle Arts, for an engaging discussion about Diasporic Threads: Black Women, Fibre and Textiles, a new publication from Common Threads Press. Diasporic Threads is an important new publication that highlights Black women’s contributions to art and history through fibre-related mediums. This publication surveys the […]

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Modernist Smocking

A Virtual Class with Annie Coggan

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Kantha

A Virtual Class with Ekta Kaul

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Artist lecture: Ekta Kaul

Ekta Kaul is an award winning London based artist. Her artistic practice is focused on creating narrative maps that explore places, history and belonging through stitch. A pared back aesthetic coupled with a highly considered use of graphic marks and lines form the core elements of her work. These are underpinned by a thoughtful approach […]

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A Stitch Gathering for Ukraine

A Virtual Stitching Circle to Support Ukraine

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Sashiko Purse

A Virtual Class with Toshie and Marico Chigyo

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Befriend Your Thimble

A Virtual Class with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

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Hand Sewn Wardrobe Basics Series

A Virtual Class series with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

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Hand Sewn Leggings

A Virtual Class with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

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T-Shirt Patternmaking

A Virtual Class with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

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Hand Sewn Underwear

A Virtual Class with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

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Hand Sewn T-Shirt

A Virtual Class with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

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Dyeing with Foraged Queen Anne’s Lace

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

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Whole Cloth Quilt

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

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Narrative Mending

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

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Ukrainian Borshchiv Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Sarah Pedlow

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Hand Stitched Zipper Pouch

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

Lectures

For the Love of Tatreez

An Artist Talk by Wafa Ghnaim

Lectures

Chilkat Weaving

A Lecture with Lily Hope

Lectures

Social Justice Sewing Academy

A Lecture with Sara Trail

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Hand-Sewn Quilting Primer Series: Kkekki, a fine seaming technique

A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee

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Hand Stitched Drawstring Bag

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

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Hand-Sewn Quilting Primer Series: Embroidered Quilt Block

A Virtual Class with Ekta Kaul

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Hand-Sewn Quilting Primer Series: Improv Patchwork

A Virtual Class with Zak Foster

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Hand-Sewn Quilting Primer Series: Precise curved piecing

A Virtual Class with Tara Faughnan

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Hand-Sewn Quilting Primer Series: Precise appliqué

A Virtual Class with Sarah Nishiura

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Embroidered Flower on Knitting

A Virtual Class with Carolyn Bloom

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Modernist Smocking III

A Virtual Class with Annie Coggan

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The “Maebh” Jacket

A Virtual Class with Mathew Gnagy

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Dyeing with Foraged Goldenrod

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

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Hand-Sewn Quilting Primer Series: Manx Patchwork

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

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