Stepping into the halls of the old Presidential residence in Mexico City, Mexico this month was like walking into a kaleidoscope, with thousands of pieces of multicoloured embroidery covering the ...

What?! You didn’t know there was a such a thing as Mexican embroidery thread?! Okay, neither did we — ’til our friend Kathy “Crafty Chica” Cano-Murillo let slip that Mario Ramos is her favorite local ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Otomi embroidery is a unique embroidered practice that has been passed down for generations to women of Otomi descent,” says ...

When Cristina Lynch speaks about embroidery, she doesn’t describe it as a trend or a technique; instead, she views it as a timeless art form. She speaks of it as a living archive, a language of ...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (GPI)--Edith López inserts her sewing needle into a white cloth in Mexico City, Mexico's capital. Stitch-by-stitch, she embroiders the story of Gloria, a woman whose husband doused ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Could Otomi become the next ikat? Although it’s unlikely that the fanciful Mexican prints could grow as popular as the versatile geometric patterns, last fall Vogue suggested Otomi might be the “next ...

Mexican social media exploded in November at the news of the apparent appropriation of a traditional textile design from Oaxaca, México, by a French designer and fashion company. The uproar appeared ...

A group of women have so far embroidered almost 200 patches of names and aim to embroider all the names of women killed by femicide in Morelos since 2015 It started with the killing of 25-year-old ...

If Mexico’s Tulum and Oaxaca rank high on your list of favorite vacation spots, Cristina Lynch’s upbringing will sound particularly dreamy. Growing up, her Dallas home was filled with several decades’ ...