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Guatemalan women artisans are very poor but they know the ancestral art of weaving and they find in this activity a very important source of income to give a better life to their children. Women learn to make the weaving since they are very young because they make their own clothes. They usually weave in waist mills. Their blouses “huipiles” have symbols which represent the universe, corn, birds and others.
Guatemalan patchwork quilts are renowned for their beauty and many people use them for tapestries or wall hangings. They are handcrafted from cotton patches and each is unique. The artisans begin the work of designing a new quilt by laying out the patches (some hand embroidered) on plastic which has been measured and cut for king, queen, and twin-size quilts. The women then move the patches around until they have a design which is pleasing to them and satisfies a basic pattern and color scheme to begin sewing them together.
