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Beatrice Maestas Sandoval (born 1947, Las Vegas, New Mexico) was raised alongside six siblings in an adobe home built by their father in Las Vegas, NM. While growing up, Beatrice heard stories about her great-grandmother, Martita Baca, a weaver…

Barbara Romero Alba (b. 1949, Nambé, New Mexico) grew up alongside her twin brother in Nambé, New Mexico, where they enjoyed exploring nature and building tree houses. She always loved observing the variation in landscapes, trees, and clouds. Upon…

Julia R. Gomez (born 1941, Madrid, New Mexico) was first exposed to colcha embroidery by her mentor, Mónica Sosaya-Halford, in the 1970s. She later learned to weave at El Rancho de las Golondrinas, where master weaver, Beatrice Maestas Sandoval,…

Irene Brandtner de Martínez (b. 1932, El Paso, Texas) was raised in Bayard, New Mexico, the eldest of five siblings. She is a lifelong embroiderer who has concentrated on colcha embroidery since 1992, the year of her retirement as a longtime…