Tag Archives: Huipiles

Mexico: The Hunt for the Perfect Huipil Begins

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Huipiles and San Cristobal…

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Huipil from Aguacatan #146

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Originally posted on Ixchel Textiles – Tejidos Ixchel:
Aguacatan Exquisite satin design from the region of Aguacatan. This beautiful huipil is highly influenced by the Mexican style of huipil with a white background and lots of orange and red colors.…

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Backstrap Weaving- Putting Down Roots and Weaving a Guatemalan Tree (Part 1)

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Originally posted on Backstrap Weaving:
PUTTING DOWN ROOTS AND WEAVING A GUATEMALAN TREE (PART ONE) It is exciting how much interest there is out there in backstrap weaving. Some people are attracted to all the beautiful pick-up patterns they have…

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Huipil of the day

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Originally posted on tara whalley:
I love seeing what everyone wears to work each day- not your usual blue tie job! This huipil has patterns I hardly see, I was really drawn to the colour pallete and the circular motifs,…