Learn Tatreez. Stitch Your Story.
Design your
tatreez.
Make it yours.
Tatreez Design Studio is a browser-based design tool that lets you customize, personalize, and bring your tatreez vision to life, stitch by stitch. No experience required. No software to download.
Free to join. No spam. We'll reach out when the tool is ready — waitlist members get early access and first dibs on launch pricing.
Why I Built This
I wish I had this when I made my first thobe.
Hi, I'm Lina! I'm a tatreez artist and educator from Brooklyn, with roots in Burqa and Nablus, Palestine, and Panama. I came to tatreez through my mother, and fell completely in love when I decided to create a Palestinian thobe from scratch.
Designing that thobe was one of the most meaningful things I've ever done...and one of the most frustrating. There was no tool built for this. Nothing that understood tatreez motifs, their origins, their meaning. I was wrestling with a clunky, expensive desktop program that was never built for tatreez — just to get my ideas onto a grid.
Tatreez Design Studio is what I needed then. A place to play, design, and make tatreez completely your own — whether you're a beginner picking up a needle for the first time or a lifelong stitcher with a thobe in progress.
— Lina
About the Motif Library
The Studio draws from the Tirazain archive
Tirazain is a dedicated archive of traditional Palestinian tatreez motifs, documented with cultural context: village of origin, region, and meaning. The Studio features motifs from their collection, so every motif you place carries the story it was always meant to carry.
Motif data sourced from Tirazain
What You'll Get
Everything you need to design tatreez your way
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Curated Motif Library
Browse traditional Palestinian motifs organized by village, region, and theme — drawn from the Tirazain archive. Drag, drop, and place with a live preview.
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Full DMC Color Catalog
All ~450 DMC thread colors across both floss and Pearl Cotton 8 — with clear indication of which colors are available in each thread type, plus live stitch counts and skein estimates.
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Every Skill Level Welcome
No downloads. No learning curve. Open your browser and start designing. Whether it's your first motif or your fifth thobe, this tool meets you where you are.
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Powerful Design Tools
Mirror, rotate, fill, layer, and undo to your heart's content. Draw freehand or build with motifs. Your design, your rules — up to 500 undo steps.
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100% Browser-Based
No app to install. No account required to start. Works on desktop, tablet, and mobile. Just open the link and begin.
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Save & Export
Save your project and pick it up later. Export a full-color PNG or a printable stitch chart PDF with full thread legend — ready to stitch from.
Join the Waitlist
Be the first to make tatreez yours.
Tatreez Design Studio is almost here. Drop your email and you'll be the first to know when it's ready — plus early access and first dibs on launch pricing, just for being here early.
While you wait — explore the motif library at tirazain.com. Browse by village, region, and meaning. The more you know before you open the Studio, the more intentional your design will be.
Free to join. No spam. We'll be in touch when the tool is ready.