{"id":6297,"date":"2020-03-04T07:56:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=6297"},"modified":"2020-03-04T07:56:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:56:33","slug":"guatemalan-textile-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/guatemalan-textile-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemalan Textile School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere is another quilt from QuiltCon, with a\nweaving technique and colors that remind me of Guatemalan yarn-dyed fabrics.\nThe quiltmaker Kyona Nason explains in her artist statement for\n“Afterglow” that she is exploring Lorie Cranor’s interweaving\ntechniques, merging two panels to create an entirely new pattern. (I’ve added a\nstrip of succulent prints on either side, which we have in stock now.)

\nI’ve been thinking about Guatemalan textiles since I heard from Kathy Price,\nthat her next project includes supporting the opening of a textile school to\nkeep traditional weaving alive among the indigenous Mayan young people.

\nHere is a letter she received this week. Perhaps you might want to volunteer on\nthe next Mission of Love trip to Guatemala?

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\nDistinguished Kathleen Price
\nDirector General Mission of Love

\nWe send a cordial greeting wishing you all kinds of blessings and success in\nyour daily work for the benefit of our dear Tecp\u00e1n Guatemala.

\nWe are a group of women weavers of textile art with waist cloth, we are Mayan\nkaqchiqueles (traditional weavers) fighting to protect, save our textiles that\nfor us is an ancestral inheritance that we have inherited from generation to\ngeneration.

\nSince we are proud to maintain our guipiles (embroidered blouses) that carry\nhistory & knowledge, we see that girls & young women no longer cut\ntheir own clothes and we are losing our native costumes.

\nSo we started a school of fabrics and we want to continue transmitting\nknowledge inherited from our grandparents.

\nOur dream is to have a school, shop and a museum linked together to help rural\nwomen and sell their products.

\nTherefore, we kindly request your help for this project.

\nSincerely yours
\nRuk\u00fa\u00b4x Kem Iximche
\nMar\u00eda Florencia Rodr\u00edguez.

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\nYou might enjoy the photos I took on a trip to Guatemala several years ago,\nwhen we gifted comfort\nquilts to children<\/a> receiving cleft lip\/palate surgeries in a hospital\nequipped by Mission of Love. This is part of where our 2% donation goes when\nyou make a purchase at eQuilter. Feel free to donate directly to Mission of\nLove, to support their relief efforts in the US and Central America. (or the\ntextile school!)

\nSadly, my trip to India this month for the Wilderness conference has been\npostponed due to the coronavirus.

\nsharing your Passion for Fabric…
\nLuana and Paul


\neQuilter Classroom:
\nMarch 6-8 – MJ\nKinman<\/a> – “Unicorn Rainbow” & “Elizabeth\nDiamond<\/a>” Gemstone\nWorkshop<\/a>
\nApril 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson<\/a> –\nSOLD OUT
\nJune 1-5 2020 – Paula\nNadelstern<\/a> – Kaleidoscopes & Quilts
\nJuly 20-23 Betty Busby – Transfer Dyeing
\nAugust 6-9 – Cindy Lohbeck Returns
\n2021 – Jacqueline de Jonge

\nLuana’s Travel Calendar:
\nJune 19 – Quilt Canada – “Intl Quilt Trends” presentation
\nJune 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE – Opening Reception & Lecture\n“For the Love of Gaia”
\nJuly 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK\n(Lecture 8\/1)
\nOct 16-17 – Visions Art Museum – San Diego (Lecture 10\/16) \n\n\n\n<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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