Here is another quilt from QuiltCon, with a
weaving technique and colors that remind me of Guatemalan yarn-dyed fabrics.
The quiltmaker Kyona Nason explains in her artist statement for
“Afterglow” that she is exploring Lorie Cranor’s interweaving
techniques, merging two panels to create an entirely new pattern. (I’ve added a
strip of succulent prints on either side, which we have in stock now.)
I’ve been thinking about Guatemalan textiles since I heard from Kathy Price,
that her next project includes supporting the opening of a textile school to
keep traditional weaving alive among the indigenous Mayan young people.
Here is a letter she received this week. Perhaps you might want to volunteer on
the next Mission of Love trip to Guatemala?
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Distinguished Kathleen Price
Director General Mission of Love
We send a cordial greeting wishing you all kinds of blessings and success in
your daily work for the benefit of our dear Tecpán Guatemala.
We are a group of women weavers of textile art with waist cloth, we are Mayan
kaqchiqueles (traditional weavers) fighting to protect, save our textiles that
for us is an ancestral inheritance that we have inherited from generation to
generation.
Since we are proud to maintain our guipiles (embroidered blouses) that carry
history & knowledge, we see that girls & young women no longer cut
their own clothes and we are losing our native costumes.
So we started a school of fabrics and we want to continue transmitting
knowledge inherited from our grandparents.
Our dream is to have a school, shop and a museum linked together to help rural
women and sell their products.
Therefore, we kindly request your help for this project.
Sincerely yours
Rukú´x Kem Iximche
María Florencia Rodríguez.
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You might enjoy the photos I took on a trip to Guatemala several years ago,
when we gifted comfort
quilts to children receiving cleft lip/palate surgeries in a hospital
equipped by Mission of Love. This is part of where our 2% donation goes when
you make a purchase at eQuilter. Feel free to donate directly to Mission of
Love, to support their relief efforts in the US and Central America. (or the
textile school!)
Sadly, my trip to India this month for the Wilderness conference has been
postponed due to the coronavirus.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
eQuilter Classroom:
March 6-8 – MJ
Kinman – “Unicorn Rainbow” & “Elizabeth
Diamond” Gemstone
Workshop
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson –
SOLD OUT
June 1-5 2020 – Paula
Nadelstern – Kaleidoscopes & Quilts
July 20-23 Betty Busby – Transfer Dyeing
August 6-9 – Cindy Lohbeck Returns
2021 – Jacqueline de Jonge
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
June 19 – Quilt Canada – “Intl Quilt Trends” presentation
June 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE – Opening Reception & Lecture
“For the Love of Gaia”
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK
(Lecture 8/1)
Oct 16-17 – Visions Art Museum – San Diego (Lecture 10/16)
