Botanical Printing on Silk, Linen & Cotton
Textile Book Residency in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

March 6–12, 2027
6 Hotel Nights | 5 Teaching Days
Boutique Hotel Casa Angelitos, San Miguel de Allende

Join us in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, for a week of natural dyeing, botanical printing, stitch, and textile bookmaking.

This is an in-person textile residency for makers who want to move beyond samples and into surfaces: textiles that can hold color, memory, marks, stitch, and story.

During this week, we will work mainly on cellulose fibers such as cotton and linen, alongside silk and hand-dyed stitching yarns. Our focus is on building deep, earthy, layered colors: grounded browns, mineral reds, plant greens, soft golds, and complex shades that sit inside the fiber rather than simply floating on the surface.

Cellulose behaves very differently from wool and silk, and it asks for a more structured approach. You will learn how to build color through proper sequence, not guesswork.

We will cover:

• Tannin systems for cotton and linen
• Mordant sequencing
• How to use iron with control to shade materials
• Building earthy, layered color on cellulose
• Why each step matters, not only how to do it
• Dyeing yarns as part of the final textile plan

Alongside the fabrics, we will dye bright yarns for stitching, so that embroidery and construction become part of the color plan from the beginning, not something added at the end.

One Morning of Botanical Printing

We will dedicate one morning to botanical printing on cellulose.

The goal is not to make finished scarves, but to create marks, backgrounds, and living surfaces that we can continue to develop throughout the week.

These printed textiles may become pages, fragments, layers, or quiet backgrounds for stitch.

Afternoons: Stitch & Structure

In the afternoons, we put away the dye pots and sit down together.

I am very happy and honored to welcome international textile artist Hagar Shur Fletcher to guide the stitching portion of the week.

Hagar is a multidisciplinary artist whose work moves between photography, sculpture, installation, and textiles. Her work explores material, memory, image, and form through playful, intuitive, and deeply personal textile language.

Her textile pieces are vibrant and expressive, often full of color, unexpected imagery, embroidery, layered materials, and a wonderful sense of imagination.

During the week, Hagar will guide us in working with stitch as line, repetition, density, rhythm, and pause. The textile will slowly grow through small, deliberate gestures.

Participants are warmly encouraged to bring personal materials they may wish to incorporate into their work, such as:

• Beads
• Old family photographs
• Heirloom lace
• Textile fragments
• Small pieces of meaningful fabric
• Threads, trims, or keepsakes

The Textile Book

Over the week, you will begin constructing a small textile book from your dyed, printed, and stitched materials.

Think pages of linen, cotton, and silk. Botanical marks. Hand-dyed yarns. Layered stitch. Fragments of color, memory, and texture.

This does not need to be a project you finish within the week. It can become a working textile book: something you begin in San Miguel and continue developing long after the residency ends.

Schedule

Arrival: Saturday, March 6
Teaching Days: Sunday–Thursday, March 7–11
Departure: Friday, March 12

Pricing

Shared room – 2,200 USD per person
You come with a participating friend or partner.

Single room – 2,570 USD

Shared room with non-participating partner – 2,800 USD

At this stage, you register with a non-refundable down payment. Final payments are due by November 2026. Payment plans are available.

What Is Included

• 6 nights hotel accommodation
• Daily breakfast
• Lunch on teaching days
• All teaching hours
• Use of studio space during and after teaching hours
• Guest instructor sessions
• Technical handouts and structured workflow documentation
• Opening night dinner
• Closing night dinner

What Is Not Included

• International flights
• Airport transfers
• Travel insurance, which is mandatory
• Dinners, except opening and closing dinners
• Personal excursions
• Materials and base fabrics, with a detailed materials list provided in advance
• Tips for the kitchen and cleaning staff, recommended at 10 USD per person per night

Group Size
Maximum 15 participants

Level
Intermediate to Advanced

Language
English, Dutch, and Hebrew

Location
Boutique Hotel Casa Angelitos
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

About Casa Angelitos

Casa Angelitos is a privately owned boutique hotel full of Mexican charm. The rooms are individually styled, colorful, and slightly quirky in the best possible way, with textured walls, handcrafted details, and a warm, personal atmosphere.

Our working terrace has sweeping views across San Miguel de Allende, with sunrise and sunset light over the hills becoming part of the rhythm of our days.

Each morning, and on teaching days at lunch, we are served fresh, organic, farm-to-table meals with local produce, thoughtful juices, and seasonal dishes that nourish long studio days without weighing us down.

Accessibility

I care deeply about making my courses accessible, but Mexico is not always easy. San Miguel de Allende is hilly, and Casa Angelitos has stairs and uneven surfaces. If you have mobility concerns, please contact me before booking so we can honestly look together at whether this residency is a good fit for you.