The Baby Thobe Project - Join the Summer 2025 Cohort (Includes Book + Fabric)

What is included & covered in this course?

• A 120 page accompanying workbook/resource book to serve your thobe-making journey for years to come including hundreds of possible patterns for the thobes you will soon create.

• Fabric in the color of your choice with which you will create your first child-sized thobe (black or natural available) including multiple colors of Saya fabric that can accent your little one's first thobe

• 16 weeks of instruction

• Join our community: Access to bi-weekly stitching circles with participants from across the cohorts of The Thobe Project

• A thobe-making pattern for sizes 2 years old-8 years old that are intended (for practical purposes) to "grow" with your child and serve your ability to create for them throughout their childhood

• Learn a historic constructing stitch (all content/instruction differ from the curriculum in The Thobe Project course); this course is all taught by hand; no sewing machine is required or will be used.

• Learn 3 finishing stitches for the neckline of your little one's thobe to include the 7abke stitch - a seldom practiced stitch today due to its difficulty in mastering

• How to use, attach, and remove waste canvas

• 100s of historically influenced embroidery patterns that you can use and access later for creation of your little one's first thobe and many beyond their first one

• Course terms and conditions may be found here.

A personal note: Like my practice and all previous courses, the instruction in this course is historically informed by the practices of our ancestors with a few practical adjustments (will be named in the course for the sake of historic clarity) informed by my experiences as a mother working to make the most sustainable and sensible thobes for my little girls.

This is not a course for other instructors. I do not permit individuals to take this course and reteach any part of it either in public or private platforms. Thank you for understanding - it has always been my commitment to make this course accessible for all who choose to embark on this journey, not reteach it. 

This course is conducted virtually and meeting dates are Sunday mornings at 11am EST/10am CST/8am PST.  Live attendance is always encouraged to be sure that you can get specific questions answered as they pertain to your project, but recordings are available as well to support your journey. Class sizes are intentionally small to ensure many of the questions that arise each cohort can be answered for each practitioner. No sewing experience is required, but you should already know how to do tatreez as that is not explicitly taught in this course.

A Payment plan is available for this course. To secure your spot and receive your fabric and book, your first payment of $250 is due. 30 days after your first payment, a second payment of $115 is due and 30 days later a third/final payment of $115 is due.

If you are utilizing the returning student discount, your first payment of $250 is due to secure your spot and receive your fabric and book and the second and third payments respectively are $90.

"My experience with The BabyThobe project has been nothing but amazing, intriguing, and a pleasant experience. I have learned so much about the art of tatreez; I truly feel this course has taught so much about the art of creating a baby thobe. Samia is very kind, responsive, and helpful, and everyone who participated was so inspirational. I couldn't ask for a better class! The instructions were easy to follow, and I enjoyed spending my time with my tatreez sisters on this project. I would recommend anyone to take this course on if they are interested in creation a baby thobe."

-Practitioner Review, Winter 2025 Cohort

"I joined the baby thobe project because I was initially intimidated by the idea of making a full adult thobe. However, I also really wanted to create a thobe for my daughter to wear to my cousin's wedding. Learning from Samia has been an absolute honor and blessing; she made the process incredibly informative and fun, completely dissolving any intimidation I felt. After just the first two classes, I was ready to sign up for the adult thobe classes! I truly love the supportive community Samia has fostered, and I eagerly anticipate taking many more classes with her. I also appreciate the course's structured approach, including the book and note-taking process. It is clear Samia is a true educator, passionately applying her knowledge to preserve history and culture."

-Practitoner Review, Winter 2025 Cohort

"In the testing times of postpartum as a first time mum, the baby thobe project was my refuge! For so long, I have wanted to make my own thobe but felt like I was too time poor to do so. When the offering for the baby thobe project opened up while I was heavily pregnant, I felt a strong desire to join but was hesitant given that my life was about to flip on its head. I reached out to Samia and she was encouraging, and mentioned that the course is deliberately slower paced for busy mums. I registered at that point without further thought!

The skills you adopt and sense of community you feel throughout the course are unmatched. I am someone with many years of experience in tatreez, but virtually no experience is sewing. While this felt intimidating at first, the cohort of mamas and aunties and grandmas are all so supportive, and Samia is so patient and explains the steps really well. I feel so lucky to be able to learn from a Tatreez practitioner with such extensive knowledge and years of teaching experience. 

If you’re hesitant about registering because you’re not sure if you can do it, let this be your sign that you can and you will LOVE yourself for it."

-Practitioner Review, Winter 2025 Cohort

 

A $50 discount is available for participants in The Thobe Project cohorts beginning after 2022 - Please reach directly out to Samia for a discount code. If you are a new student, you will qualify for this discount to apply to a future thobe-making course.