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, September 13, 2012
Our New Tablecloth Fabric
Our inspiration for this fabric came from right here in Cajola, where these colors are popular for our “mantels” (table runners). But we wove the stripes in a wide cloth to make tablecloths to sell in the US. We wove the stripes in the traditional brown, green and red stripes, and also have woven a companion fabric with cobalt instead of the red. We are selling the fabric by the yard at our Sunday market with some success already!
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