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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…

Mónica Sosaya-Halford (b. 1931, Santa Fe, New Mexico), the eighth and last child of Augustine and Victoria Sosaya, grew up in a home built by her father on what is now Sosaya Lane. Her mother's family, the Roybals, descend from the original settlers…

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…