Ramadan Patterns
In 2019, I started making Ramadan embroidery/cross stitch patterns and published them for free for anyone who wants to stitch them. Since then, it became an annual tradition!
These patterns are combining my love for Palestinian embroidery and the Islamic month of Ramadan. In each pattern I’m creating an idea about Ramadan or Islamic traditions using Palestinian embroidery.
This is a pattern that I created as count down calendar starting from Ramadan Mubarak all the way to Eid Mubarak. I used Palestinian embroidery star tile motif to create the tiles for each day.
Ramadan 2024
The idea for this pattern is very simple: I used Arabic calligraphy for Ramadan Kareem, and I tried to make a shape that looks like a Ramadan Lantern (Fanoos Ramadan). Also, I used Palestinian embroidery tile motifs for the background.
Ramadan 2023
I used an arrangement of Palestinian embroidery motifs to create the shape of Naalain(shoes) of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
Ramadan 2022
Ramadan 2021
This is a Ramadan moon, stars, a mosque, some embroidery motifs as a twinkling light string, and Arabic calligraphy for Ramadan Kareem.
Ramadan 2021
The idea for this pattern came from my love for Islamic geometry and was based on Bibi Khanym mosque. In the middle is Arabic calligraphy for Ramadan Kareem.
Ramadan 2020
For Muslims, Ramadan is connected to moon sighting, so it made sense to use moon phases as a start for this pattern. Then I added two things that I love, Palestinian embroidery and I used Damask Rose motif for that, and Arabic calligraphy for Ramadan Kareem.
Ramadan 2019
It is an Islamic tradition to sight the moon to know the beginning and the end of the month of Ramadan. So, in this pattern I drew a crescent moon and used Palestinian embroidery motifs to create the shape of the moon. In the middle it reads Ramadan Kareem written in Arabic.