The Baby Thobe Project - Join the Summer/Fall 2026 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

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 course is conducted virtually and meeting dates are Saturday mornings beginning August 22nd, 2026, 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 $280 is due. 30 days after your first payment, a second payment of $115 is due and 30 days later a third/final payment of $100 is due.