Intro to Tatreez: The Tatreez Sampler Kit

DESCRIPTION Watan is proud to present our first tatreez kit! This project is a natural offshoot of our in-studio tatreez classes and tatreez club meetings--all created to help efforts in reviving this cultural practice in our Palestinian communities. "If I didn't love tatreez [embroidery], I wouldn't have sacrificed all day and night. I adore tatreez.  Ever since I was this tall [gestures], I've loved tatreez." -Um Ibrahim, The Embroiderers "The old thobes [dresses] are mostly embroidered with red, but the red of Ramallah was different to that of Hebron and to that of Bir Al-Saba' [Beersheba]. And really, [these woman] had an instinctual feel for colors. It's amazing! They used to naturally combine colors--that even if we studies--we wouldn't even think to try today. They had such strength and passion. They would work instinctively and come up with extraordinary designs." -Maryam Malakha, The Embroiderers This kit is our first "volume" of a series of future tatreez kits made by and a