Add Color and History to your Interior Design

Written by faith on September 23rd, 2009

As an interior designer, I follow numerous design blogs.. one favorite being Design Sponge. This week Grace featured a headboard with ‘otomi’ fabric. Since I am captivated with textiles, see the Suzanis post, I wanted to share more about this particular textile, Mexican otomi fabric, handmade by the Otomi Indians of Central Mexico. Then I learned about the Mexican Indigenous Textile Project. “Mexican textiles have existed for more than 5000 years, but now in many villages traditional embroidered blouses (huipils) are worn only by the grandmothers. Mexico’s indigenous textile culture is in danger of extinction.” Look for some Otomi fabric in upcoming projects! You can also purchase from Ebay and support the effort to preserve the textile culture.

Colorful bedspreads from www.jacarandahome.com

Embroidered coverlets, known as tenangos

Inspiration headboard from Design Sponge

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