I have been thinking about doing this for awhile -- and while I know I should have correctly started my first post yesterday, I figured no one would mind two posts today. I have been going through all of the vintage and antique textiles, embroideries, and weavings that are a part of my family's tradition and thought I would share them with folks.
Monday's piece is a beautiful Chimayo blanket that was woven by an elder weaver of the Ortiz family in Taos, NM for my mother in 1959. She asked for a traditional pattern instead of the fancier and more brightly colored patterns that were appearing as part of a new tourist industry. The blanket he wove for her was an old pattern of thin stripes of natural wool and a bit of color from a dyed indigo stripe. It is so wonderfully soft and the stripes are so perfectly woven. It was damaged a number of years ago, but a terrific weaver in Tucson, Matina Garbotz did an amazing job of restoration and it is impossible now to see where the damage occurred.
