Update: This workshop has sold out.
Please contact Isabelle Sain (isain@textilemuseum.ca) to be added to the waitlist.
Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 1-4 PM
$40 | General
$30 | Textile Museum Members
Explore the storytelling tradition of Sainchi Phulkari, a narrative style of embroidery that captures scenes of everyday life, communities and celebrations through detailed textile imagery. This workshop offers participants a unique opportunity to view a Sainchi Phulkari textile from the Textile Museum of Canada’s collection and learn how embroidered motifs can preserve memories and cultural histories.
After an introduction to the textile and its storytelling elements, participants will create their own Sainchi-inspired embroidered artwork using a pre-designed motif featuring traditional elements such as domestic animals, lotus flowers, village scenes, and other symbols found in narrative Phulkari.
More than a stitching experience, this workshop invites participants to become storytellers themselves. Each embroidered motif becomes a visual language -connecting people, places, and memories through thread. Participants will leave with a meaningful textile piece that reflects the beauty of storytelling through embroidery.
All materials are supplied by the artist but if you require reading glasses, it is highly recommended to bring them to this workshop.
Saturday, October 17
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Textile Museum of Canada · 55 Centre Avenue
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