Get the jump on your holiday gift list! Erin of La Chapina Huipil Crafts has posted a tutorial for making adorable ornaments from bits of felt and Guatemalan fabric charms known as huipiles. We may not have a source of used animalitos and worry dolls, as Erin does, but any small doll or charm would work as the focal. Check out the tute.
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Thanks for the feature!
Any interested parties can purchase animalitos, worry dolls, and other Guatemalan craft supplies in my Etsy shop!
http://lachapina.etsy.com
P.S. I wanted to mention that huipiles are actually the traditional hand-woven blouses worn by indigenous Guatemalan women; they are not charms and do not appear in these ornaments 🙂
Thank you for clarifying that, Erin! Can you tell I’m a newbie to this artform? 🙂 And how wonderful that you’re making the pretty bits available through Etsy!