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Tag Archives: Julia Gomez
The Garden of Swallows
As a follow up to my last post on colcha embroidery, Julia Gomez was kind enough to send in a photo of her incredible masterpiece, El JardÃn de las Golondrinas (The Garden of Swallows). It won Best of Show at … Continue reading
Posted in Colcha embroidery, Embroidery around the world
Tagged colcha embroidery, embroidery, Julia Gomez, New Mexico, wool
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Colcha embroidery
Recently I discovered another style of embroidery: Colcha embroidery is a traditional New Mexican wool-on-wool embroidery using the colcha stitch. It dates to the Spanish colonial era (colcha is also Spanish for quilt). When I investigated further, I discovered the … Continue reading
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