Autumn Mountains
Some of my patterns have deep meanings and designing them was a personal and spiritual process, this isn’t one of those. This was me sitting indoors watching netflix and wishing that I could go on a nice autumn hike by myself, but I’m a woman and that’s scary. So I brought the hike to me. In the center are Flowers from Hebron, and on the sides are the Mountains from Gaza. On the top and bottom are the triple moon and butterflies, because apparently I wanted to take a night hike and see the moon and butterflies at the same time. Very realistic.
As with all of my patterns, they can be used for whatever you'd like. If you are a crafter and not a witch, that's completely fine! You can stitch this without any spiritual meaning behind it, just an appreciation for both Western cross stitch and Palestinian Tatreez.
For the witchy people, this pattern may not have had a very deep meaning to me at the time of creation, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any deep meaning. We still have powerful symbols here such as the moon for visual transformation and the butterflies for physical transformation. The mountains can mean so many things; the peaks and valleys in life, the majesty and colossal size and power of mountains, and mountains are often sacred spaces for many cultures. The flowers from Hebron don’t correspond to any specific flower so you can pick a flower that you want it to represent.
As always, all I ask is that you make this piece with some knowledge and solidarity with Palestine. I don't believe that Tatreez is a closed practice, but it is one that demands intention. Every moon, star, tree, and flower motif, reflect an occupied land. Many of these motifs were created by Palestinians finding solace in nature, and envisioning a free land. Palestinian culture is also enduring erasure. I make these patterns to combat that erasure and to spread the knowledge and beauty of Palestine. In addition to this, $4 from every pattern sold will go to UNRWA, a UN organization that supports Palestinians under occupation and those that have become refugees. I hope to be able to donate more in the future, but in order to make this business sustainable, I need to start small.
Thank you for supporting Palestine and a small Palestinian owned business.
Some of my patterns have deep meanings and designing them was a personal and spiritual process, this isn’t one of those. This was me sitting indoors watching netflix and wishing that I could go on a nice autumn hike by myself, but I’m a woman and that’s scary. So I brought the hike to me. In the center are Flowers from Hebron, and on the sides are the Mountains from Gaza. On the top and bottom are the triple moon and butterflies, because apparently I wanted to take a night hike and see the moon and butterflies at the same time. Very realistic.
As with all of my patterns, they can be used for whatever you'd like. If you are a crafter and not a witch, that's completely fine! You can stitch this without any spiritual meaning behind it, just an appreciation for both Western cross stitch and Palestinian Tatreez.
For the witchy people, this pattern may not have had a very deep meaning to me at the time of creation, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any deep meaning. We still have powerful symbols here such as the moon for visual transformation and the butterflies for physical transformation. The mountains can mean so many things; the peaks and valleys in life, the majesty and colossal size and power of mountains, and mountains are often sacred spaces for many cultures. The flowers from Hebron don’t correspond to any specific flower so you can pick a flower that you want it to represent.
As always, all I ask is that you make this piece with some knowledge and solidarity with Palestine. I don't believe that Tatreez is a closed practice, but it is one that demands intention. Every moon, star, tree, and flower motif, reflect an occupied land. Many of these motifs were created by Palestinians finding solace in nature, and envisioning a free land. Palestinian culture is also enduring erasure. I make these patterns to combat that erasure and to spread the knowledge and beauty of Palestine. In addition to this, $4 from every pattern sold will go to UNRWA, a UN organization that supports Palestinians under occupation and those that have become refugees. I hope to be able to donate more in the future, but in order to make this business sustainable, I need to start small.
Thank you for supporting Palestine and a small Palestinian owned business.
Some of my patterns have deep meanings and designing them was a personal and spiritual process, this isn’t one of those. This was me sitting indoors watching netflix and wishing that I could go on a nice autumn hike by myself, but I’m a woman and that’s scary. So I brought the hike to me. In the center are Flowers from Hebron, and on the sides are the Mountains from Gaza. On the top and bottom are the triple moon and butterflies, because apparently I wanted to take a night hike and see the moon and butterflies at the same time. Very realistic.
As with all of my patterns, they can be used for whatever you'd like. If you are a crafter and not a witch, that's completely fine! You can stitch this without any spiritual meaning behind it, just an appreciation for both Western cross stitch and Palestinian Tatreez.
For the witchy people, this pattern may not have had a very deep meaning to me at the time of creation, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any deep meaning. We still have powerful symbols here such as the moon for visual transformation and the butterflies for physical transformation. The mountains can mean so many things; the peaks and valleys in life, the majesty and colossal size and power of mountains, and mountains are often sacred spaces for many cultures. The flowers from Hebron don’t correspond to any specific flower so you can pick a flower that you want it to represent.
As always, all I ask is that you make this piece with some knowledge and solidarity with Palestine. I don't believe that Tatreez is a closed practice, but it is one that demands intention. Every moon, star, tree, and flower motif, reflect an occupied land. Many of these motifs were created by Palestinians finding solace in nature, and envisioning a free land. Palestinian culture is also enduring erasure. I make these patterns to combat that erasure and to spread the knowledge and beauty of Palestine. In addition to this, $4 from every pattern sold will go to UNRWA, a UN organization that supports Palestinians under occupation and those that have become refugees. I hope to be able to donate more in the future, but in order to make this business sustainable, I need to start small.
Thank you for supporting Palestine and a small Palestinian owned business.