Master Weavers

Typically I do not enjoy shopping in the United States. I can generally walk into a store and know within seconds if I like the clothes & if the styles will work with my body etc.

I took one sewing class about 7 years ago in Austin. I had these fantasies of making my own clothes. In the class, I quickly learned I would not be making my own clothing and I would be lucky to be able to come out of the class with the pair of pj pants & 2 pillow cases they guaranteed. Sewing/ clothing construction require a precision, creativity, & problem solving skills that I was not inherently born with. I feel blessed to be able to do the basics: like curtains, hems, & zippers. In many countries, it is a lost or dying art. But it is vibrantly alive in Guatemala.

Our teacher showed us all the different seeds and flowers that were used for dye. Before any of the cotton was dyed it was wrapped in banana leaves to keep them wet & give them certain nutrients to absorb the color more. 

 

When I walk around San Pedro I often see women in small, dark homes still making their own shawls and tapestries like the one that is being created here.

Over the last couple of years I have really been captivated with the way that God masterfully weaves situations throughout people's lives in ways that always seem better than any of us can create. 

Gen. 50: 20-21 "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being down, the saving of many lives. So then, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children."