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A 100% Worker-Owned Womens Weaving Association

CATALOG

We are TRAMA Textiles, the Association of Women for Artisan Development in Backstrap Loom Weaving. We represent 17 weaving groups, totaling 400 women from five departments in the western highlands of Guatemala: Solol, Huehuetenango, Sacatepequez, Quetzaltenango, and Quich.
Trama Textiles 3a Calle 10-56, Zona 1, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, C.A. (502)7765-8564 www.tramatextiles.com tramatextiles@yahoo.com

A 100% Worker-Owned Womens Weaving Association

Our Mission: to offer training, support, work and fair


wages to the women of Guatemala; to uphold our families and our communities with honor, and to maintain and develop our art, stories, designs, and textile traditions.
For us, the Spanish word trama, the weft or binding thread, is interchangeable with the word comida, or food. Our weavings clothe us, warm our families through highland winters, and carry our babies on our backs. They unite our people from generation to generation and sustain us as much as any food.

The patterns of our textiles differ throughout our communities, varying from village to village. From the highlands to the lowlands, throughout Mxico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize, each of our designs and patterns tell a different story, a tradition passed down from our ancestors.
Trama Textiles 3a Calle 10-56, Zona 1, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, C.A. (502)7765-8564 www.tramatextiles.com tramatextiles@yahoo.com

A 100% Worker-Owned Womens Weaving Association

Benefits of Buying TRAMA Products:


The products we sell are purchased directly from the regional weavers who belong to our association at fair prices that they determine. Our prices are slightly higher than at other vendors here in Guatemala; however, the profits go directly to sustaining the weavers at a living wage.
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TRAMA Textiles products are made with the highest quality materials and processes. Because we use top-quality cotton thread, the colors will not bleed or run together. We pre-wash our yarn, so your weaving will not shrink when you wash it. While other weavers use one strand of yarn, we weave with two strands of yarn wound together. This makes the products more durable, higher-quality, and longer-lasting. The women of TRAMA often hand-dye the thread using the natural colors and techniques that their Mayan ancestors used.

Care Instructions:

Hand-wash in cold water Treat stains with mild detergent Lay flat to dry
Trama Textiles 3a Calle 10-56, Zona 1, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, C.A. (502)7765-8564 www.tramatextiles.com tramatextiles@yahoo.com

A 100% Worker-Owned Womens Weaving Association

Product Information
TRAMA Textiles makes most of its products using the ancient art of backstrap loom weaving, which requires a great deal of skill and time. Because our products are hand-made, colors and patterns vary. Many of the color patterns are one-of-akind, but we provide examples to help you make your selection. If you encounter a problem with the quality of any product we will happily replace it for you. Because TRAMA functions as a cooperative we may need up to two months advance notice for bulk orders to allow time for production. If you are interested in colors or items not shown in the catalogue, let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Special Orders
If you are interested in custom products or wholesale orders, please contact us and we will be happy to work with you.

Shipping Information
Currently, we use the Guatemalan postal service foroverseas orders, which we have found reliable. We are also happy to accomodate you if you have a prefered shippng company. Here are shipping costs at the time of publication:
United States and Canada: 2-4 Kilos: Q328 ($41) 4-6 Kilos: Q468 ($59) 6-8 Kilos: Q588 ($74) Europe and the rest of the world: 2-4 Kilos: Q488 ($61) 4-6 Kilos: Q698 ($88) 6-8 Kilos: Q873 ($109)

How to Order
To place an order, email your product selection and quantities to trama.textiles@yahoo.com. We will send you a receipt and payment info promptly. If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Trama Textiles 3a Calle 10-56, Zona 1, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, C.A. (502)7765-8564 www.tramatextiles.com tramatextiles@yahoo.com

A 100% Worker-Owned Womens Weaving Association

Thanks for Your Support!


The Association of Women for Artisan Development would like to thank the clients who have bought products here. It helps the women, because it gives them more work. For those who are reading our catalogue, we would really appreciate it if you would buy the womens products, because we are 400 women in total, and 50% of the women are widows without husbands and greatly in need. The majority were affected by the war that took place in Guatemala in the 1980s. Its the only work that they can do to care for their children, because they do not know how to read or write to be able to find other work. The officers thank you for your unconditional support and hope that when you come to Guatemala, you will visit us in our store and weaving school; it will be a pleasure to serve you.
Amparo de Len de Rubio President Oralia Chopn Vice President

Consider Making a Donation:


We can always use donations to help us with our projects, including the purchase of a new computer and Internet service for the office. We are also working to purchase reading glasses for the women who have difficulty weaving. We would love to have more money for our scholarship fund, because many of our members have trouble sending their children to school. Trama Textiles 3a Calle 10-56, Zona 1, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, C.A. (502)7765-8564 www.tramatextiles.com tramatextiles@yahoo.com

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