Marrakesh Traditional Embroidery Workshop in Sidi Youssef

Join a 2-hour traditional embroidery workshop in Sidi Youssef with Cooperative Mafrika in a standard group format.

Getting started

Arrive at Cooperative Mafrika in Sidi Youssef and check in for your standard 2-hour traditional group workshop. You meet your expert guide, who explains the plan for the session and introduces the different traditional embroidery methods you will try. Once the outline is clear, you are shown to your workspace and given your fabric, threads, needles, and other materials.

What to expect

Cooperative Mafrika, Sidi Youssef

This 2-hour hands-on workshop is hosted by Cooperative Mafrika in Sidi Youssef and focuses on learning embroidery through different traditional methods alongside the women of a local cooperative.

Features

• Instruction focuses on learning embroidery with different traditional methods, so you can practice stitches and patterns step by step during the 2-hour traditional embroidery workshop.
• All fabric, threads, needles, and materials are provided, which means you can start embroidering immediately without bringing anything from home.
• A professional, expert guide leads the standard 2-hour traditional group workshop format, helping you follow each technique and answering questions as you work alongside the cooperative members.
• The embroidered piece you create is yours to keep, and you leave with an embroidered piece to take home as a personal reminder of your time in Sidi Youssef.
• A meal with water or tea is included during the session, giving you a short break from stitching to enjoy your meal with water or tea at the cooperative.
• Before you go, you receive a photo souvenir so you have a visual memory of your workshop experience in addition to the piece you embroidered.