photo: When you color with purpose, every thread carries a story. – Ashita Singhal
Saturday, July 18, 2026
9:30 – 4:00 PM PT with a 1-hour lunch break
WSNF’s Slow Fiber Studios, Berkeley, CA 94710
Instructor: Ashita Singhal
Skill Level: All, Max 20 students
$275 General
$250 WSNF Members (Become a Member)
e-mail info@shibori.org for the WSNF member discount code.
*This workshop fee includes an organic vegetarian lunch (with an option to add egg and cheese) and a post-workshop afternoon tea or coffee with Rotha pastry in our garden.
We welcome innovative textile designer, Ashita Singhal from New Delhi, India and founder of Paiwand, to teach a workshop at World Shibori Network Foundation’s Slow Fiber Studios in Berkeley.
The Paiwand embroidery workshop focuses on interpreting traditional ideas of embroidery in the context of sustainability and upcycling. The workshop aims to familiarize you with techniques that will come in handy for reviving your loved pieces. From an introduction to basic stitches, to a complete guide on how to develop motifs, threading your needle with textile scrap and application based upcycling- the workshop will equip you enough to launch into upcycling.
Guided by Ashita, Paiwand‘s founder, you will be upcycling your favourite t-shirt craps into blissful stitches.
A complete materials list will be provided for workshop registrants.
Join us for a day of slow stitching in our garden. Enjoy getting acquainted with Ashita and other members of WSNF’s community while working with your hands.
