Choose the cloth, the colour, the motif, the stitch and the thread colours. Your measurements are read by a person, not matched to a chart. The piece is then cut and embroidered by hand — for you, once.
The atelier takes a fixed number of made-to-order pieces each month, because a hand-embroidered garment cannot be hurried. What is left is counted from real orders, live.
The Atelier
30 open for October
From the first choice to the finished piece, in the order the cloth requires. Each decision is made on the piece itself, in the wizard on its product page.
Malaka, falahi, floral or modern, drawn from 10 regional traditions — this is the vocabulary the atelier works in. Choose the piece whose character you want made for you; the wizard then asks only what remains to decide.
Crepe, ettameen, raw silk, linen, kashmir, velvet or chiffon — 8 grounds in all, in 37 colours. Ettameen is the even-weave cotton that gives counted tatreez its regular grid. The cloth decides how the piece falls and how the stitching sits on it, so it is the choice everything else answers to.
26 motifs and 7 stitches, each with a note from the atelier that you read as you choose. The stitch is the labour, and the labour is the piece.
The Cloth
The colour of the cloth your piece is made from — before a single stitch is worked into it. Thread is chosen against it afterwards.
Browse the full thread colour chart
Every fabric, style and stitch below is described by the woman who works them. Nothing here is a marketing paraphrase.
The ground cloth your piece is made from.
Each of these carries a note from the atelier explaining what it is and where it comes from. The motif is yours to choose as you customize; the regional tradition belongs to the piece itself.
The motif worked into the embroidery, and what it carries.
Plainly Stated
Every made-to-order piece starts from something in the collection. Choose the one you want made for you, and the choices above open on its page.
Two to four months from order to completion.
Six to nine months from order to completion, given the density of bridal embroidery.
A 50% deposit is collected at checkout. The remaining balance is invoiced before your piece ships.
You enter your own measurements while customizing your piece — a full set of 16 measures for a custom order — and they are reviewed by a member of the team before any cloth is cut.
All sales are final on made-to-order pieces once work begins, because each one is cut and embroidered specifically for you.
The atelier accepts thirty made-to-order pieces each month.
Your own measurements are taken as you customize — 16 measures for a custom order, rather than a size chart — and every set is read by a person before a single length of cloth is cut.
The piece is cut and embroidered by hand for you alone. A thoub takes two to four months; a bridal piece takes six to nine, because of how dense the embroidery is. Your balance is invoiced when it is ready, and it ships from Tempe, Arizona.
The overall embroidery style of the piece.
Choose every technique you would like — a thoub can carry cross-stitch, tahriri and manajel in one piece.
The Palestinian regional tradition the design draws on.
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