Vivid Blue Embroidered Throw Blanket
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This handcrafted, high-quality patchwork lap blanket or throw combines vivid blue 100-percent cotton patches with a variety of embroidered indigenous designs and patterns. It's backed with black polyester fabric.
The Story Behind The Product
Chucam is a small farming village located in the Department (County) of El Quiche, Guatemala. The community is located about 3 miles away from the town of Chichicastenango, but the road to town is not paved and access to the village becomes difficult during the rainy season. The families of the community are very poor, but the women know the ancestral art of weaving and use it as a supplemental income to provide a better life for their children. In 2001, eight Chucam families banded together to form a weaving cooperative to make beautiful patchwork quilts and other embroidered textiles. Their incomes have doubled if not tripled, and dozens of additional Chucam families have become involved. More importantly, the men don't have to leave for months at a time looking for work in the sugar cane fields and many more of the village?s children are able to stay in school.
We strongly recommend that you hand-wash your lap blanket/throw in cold water and hang it to dry, or have it professionally dry cleaned.
Due to the difference of monitor colors, some lap blanket colors may vary slightly and each is handmade and unique. Worldstock tries to accurately represent all textile colors in copy. Please refer to the text above for a description of colors in this lap blanket/throw.
The handcrafted nature of this product will produce minor differences in design and sizing. Subtle variations will occur from piece to piece, adding to its unique qualities. Measurements may vary slightly.