My name is Caryn Maxim. I live in NJ but spend 2 weeks of each month in Cajola, a Maya Mam community in the western highlands of Guatemala. (The Mam people are one of the 22 Maya ethnic groups in Guatemala.) I have been helping a group of women start a weaving cooperative, MayaMam Weavers, over the past years. I would like to share with you some of their work, some of their stories, some of their wisdom, as well as why fair trade -- or trading fairly -- matters.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Baby Blankets!
At last we have made baby blankets out of the fabric we created a while back. First we had to weave the lining, a yellow fabric woven with a pink weft to match the yellow in the stripes. Sewing and machine quilting the blankets was a great opportunity to practice on our new FAST sewing machine. We are still learning to manage the speed, it is true, but little by little we are mastering it. The baby blankets are a special request of one of our friends in NY, but it looks like they might be popular here in Cajola, too!
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