Tag Archives: wool

Bird Brocade: Bird Feathers Finished

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Hannah

The bird has a tail!

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History of Colcha embroidery

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Hannah

Monique worked as the sound recording archivist of the John Donald Robb Archives of Southwestern Music at the Center for Southwest Research. She sent me more information on the history of colcha, and here is an edited version of her … Continue reading →

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Monique’s Colcha Embroideries

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Hannah

I had a colcha expert write in! Hurray!!!! Today I’ll show two examples of Monique’s work. Next week I’ll follow up with information she gave me on the history of colcha embroidery. You can check the colcha embroidery section of … Continue reading →

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The Garden of Swallows

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Hannah

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 Jardín de las Golondrinas (The Garden of Swallows). It won Best of Show at … Continue reading →

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Colcha embroidery

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Hannah

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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