PieceWork · No. 8

PieceWork March-April 2011

PieceWork's March/April 2011 issue illustrates why color has been a major factor in the long history of textiles. Welcome to our celebration of colorful textiles!

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Patterns, stories, and extras printed in PieceWork March-April 2011.

The Embroidered Huipiles of Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec
The huipil has varied slightly over time, being wider and looser during certain periods and shorter and tighter in others, but always made from a rectangle folded in half with the neck cut out and the sides stitched together to the armholes.
Cynthia LeCount Samaké

PieceWork March-April 2011

The Embroidered Huipiles of Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec