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Don't know what your friend or family member would like? Give an A Thread of Hope Guatemalan Fair Trade $10 e-gift card for the perfect last-minute gift. The recipient is sure to spend your gift on something that they truly love. We will send you an email with a unique gift card code redeemable on our website. You can forward the email, or just the code, on to your lucky recipient. Any unused balance can be put towards future purchases.
Don't know what your friend or family member would like? Give an A Thread of Hope Guatemalan Fair Trade $100 e-gift card for the perfect last-minute gift. The recipient is sure to spend your gift on something that they truly love. We will send you an email with a unique gift card code redeemable on our website. You can forward the email, or just the code, on to your lucky recipient. Any unused balance can be put towards future purchases.
Don't know what your friend or family member would like? Give an A Thread of Hope Guatemalan Fair Trade $25 e-gift card for the perfect last-minute gift. The recipient is sure to spend your gift on something that they truly love. We will send you an email with a unique gift card code redeemable on our website. You can forward the email, or just the code, on to your lucky recipient. Any unused balance can be put towards future purchases.
Don't know what your friend or family member would like? Give an A Thread of Hope Guatemalan Fair Trade $50 e-gift card for the perfect last-minute gift. The recipient is sure to spend your gift on something that they truly love. We will send you an email with a unique gift card code redeemable on our website. You can forward the email, or just the code, on to your lucky recipient. Any unused balance can be put towards future purchases.
Don't know what your friend or family member would like? Give an A Thread of Hope Guatemalan Fair Trade $75 e-gift card for the perfect last-minute gift. The recipient is sure to spend your gift on something that they truly love. We will send you an email with a unique gift card code redeemable on our website. You can forward the email, or just the code, on to your lucky recipient. Any unused balance can be put towards future purchases.
Our luxurious Bamboo Chenille Shawls/Throws
Size: 22” x 80” long.
We currently have in stock: Light Green, Cream and Orange with Ornamental Yarn (E-27).
OTHERWISE, THIS PRODUCT IS A SPECIAL ORDER (BACKORDER). IT WILL BE SHIPPED IN 4-6 WEEKS. PLEASE LOOK AT THE BAMBOO SCARVES, CHOOSE YOUR FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CHOICES AND LET US KNOW THESE PREFERENCES IN THE ORDER NOTES SECTION.
The chenille is colorfast and will not rub off onto your clothing.
The process of making a shawl is labor intensive. The 100% bamboo chenille is wound into skeins on a hand-powered machine, then hand-dyed with dyes imported from the US. The yarn is then warped onto a warping board. The shawl is then handwoven on a traditional backstrap loom, a process which often takes two full days of work. The chenille is made from sustainably-grown organic bamboo thread in China.
Product Care
Hand wash in cold water with mild soap such as hair or baby shampoo, lay flat until almost dry, then “fluff up” briefly (three minutes) with a fabric softener sheet in a dryer set on low-heat gentle.
Always use fabric softener and minimize agitation and heat. Agitation will eventually remove the pile from the chenille and the tassels, and tangle the tassels. Heat could shrink your item.
For creases or a too-worn look, freshen up by spritzing with water and drying as above. Or hang in a steamy bathroom.
The fabric has already been washed by hand and dried as above, in Guatemala.
Or you may professionally dry clean your shawl.
Our beaded earrings are super-popular! They are handmade by Maya women artisans using the highest quality Czech glass beads and crystals, durable professional beading thread, and stainless steel earring wires. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Our stainless steel earring wires are nickel-free and considered hypo-allergenic for the vast majority of people.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. She still has a Fair Trade beading group and a number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Earrings are shipped in a gift box.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Durable professional beading thread
Stainless steel wire and stainless steel earring wires
Coated copper wire
1 3/8" long and 7/8 wide, with a 2 1/4" drop from earring wire
Our alligator beaded ornament ring/backpack charm is one of our favorites! You can open and close the alligator's mouth! This amazing work of art is handmade by Petronilla. a Maya woman artisan, using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth. It opens it mouth to show its teeth!
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
" long x " high, with beaded loop.
Alternative Gift: Donation to Build New Weavers' Workshop
$0.00 USD
Unit price perAlternative Gift: Donation to Build New Weavers' Workshop
$0.00 USD
Unit price per- have enough space to at least triple its production capacity and thus its ability to provide more well-paying work for its member weavers and other staff;
- have an appealing space for a retail store, wholesale showroom, and education center, near an established tourist destination, thus increasing retail sales and overall earnings;
- provide a lunchroom/presentation space for tour groups to have a traditional Guatemalan meal while learning more about the co-op and its community—weaving, the history of the co-op and its local communities, Guatemalan socioeconomic conditions, Mayan culture, and rural Mayan daily life. Through building a network of tourists who feel more connected to the co-op, the women hope to develop “friends of Asociación Maya” who will contribute to scholarships for their children and sponsor community development projects;
- provide meeting space for indigenous women to participate in workshops about women’s health, healthy relationships, healing from trauma, medicinal herbs, co-ops, business management, and many other topics;
- have room for tourists to participate in week-long hand-dyeing and backstrap loom weaving workshops while living on site with staff;
- provide workers with a safe dormitory to avoid arduous daily commutes home; and
- offer a safe, structurally sound, energy-efficient building for workers and customers.
Amazon Frog Beaded Ornament - A Variety of Colors
$12.00 USD
Unit price perAmazon Frog Beaded Ornament - A Variety of Colors
$12.00 USD
Unit price perOur Amazon frog ornament ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. She still has a Fair Trade beading group and a number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
2 1/4" long x 1" high x 2" wide, with 1/2" beaded loop nd key ring.
American Goldfinch Beaded Ornament
$12.00 USD
Unit price perAmerican Goldfinch Beaded Ornament
$12.00 USD
Unit price perOur American Goldfinch beaded ornament ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
A perfect gift for bird-lovers! Perfect as a key ring, backpack ornaments, and ornament for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
3 7/8" long x 1 1/2" high x 1" wide, with 1 3/4" beaded loop.
American Yellow Warbler Beaded Bird Ornament
$12.00 USD
Unit price perAmerican Yellow Warbler Beaded Bird Ornament
$12.00 USD
Unit price perOur American Yellow Warbler bird beaded ornament ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
A perfect gift for bird-lovers! Perfect as a key ring, backpack ornaments, and ornament for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
3 7/8" long x 1 1/2" high x 1" wide, with 1 3/4" beaded loop.
Angel Beaded Ornament - Brown Face, Black Hair, a Variety of Skirt Colors
$10.00 USD
Unit price perAngel Beaded Ornament - Brown Face, Black Hair, a Variety of Skirt Colors
$10.00 USD
Unit price perOur beaded angel ornament/key ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
3" high, with additional beaded loop.
Angel Beaded Ornament - Brown Face, Black Hair, Rainbow Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perAngel Beaded Ornament - Brown Face, Black Hair, Rainbow Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perOur beaded angel ornament/key ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
3" high, with additional beaded loop.
Angel Beaded Ornament - Brown Face, Black Hair, White Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perAngel Beaded Ornament - Brown Face, Black Hair, White Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perOur beaded angel ornament/key ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
3" high, with additional beaded loop.
Angel Beaded Ornament - White Face - Black Hair - with White Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perAngel Beaded Ornament - White Face - Black Hair - with White Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perOur beaded angel ornament/key ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
" long x " high, with beaded loop.
Angel Beaded Ornament - White Face, Black Hair, a Variety of Skirt Colors
$10.00 USD
Unit price perAngel Beaded Ornament - White Face, Black Hair, a Variety of Skirt Colors
$10.00 USD
Unit price perOur beaded angel ornament/key ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
3" high, with additional beaded loop.
Please note your top 3 choices for skirt color, and we'll do our best.
Angel Beaded Ornament - White Face, Black Hair, Rainbow Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perAngel Beaded Ornament - White Face, Black Hair, Rainbow Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perOur beaded angel ornament/key ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
3" high, with additional beaded loop.
Angel Beaded Ornament - White Face, Blonde Hair, a Variety of Skirt Colors
$10.00 USD
Unit price perAngel Beaded Ornament - White Face, Blonde Hair, a Variety of Skirt Colors
$10.00 USD
Unit price perOur beaded angel ornament/key ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
3" high, with additional beaded loop.
Angel Beaded Ornament - White Face, Blonde Hair, Rainbow Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perAngel Beaded Ornament - White Face, Blonde Hair, Rainbow Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perOur beaded angel ornament/key ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
3" high, with additional beaded loop.
Angel Beaded Ornament - White Face, Blonde Hair, White Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perAngel Beaded Ornament - White Face, Blonde Hair, White Skirt
$10.00 USD
Unit price perOur beaded angel ornament/key ring/backpack charm is handmade by Maya women artisans using high quality Czech glass beads and professional beading thread. Czech glass beads, when viewed under a microscope, refract light in complicated ways, leading them to be quite vibrant. They are durable, colorfast, and smooth.
Stuffed with recycled plastic bags to help it keep its shape!
Super-popular with kids and adults alike! Perfect as key rings, backpack ornaments, and ornaments for the tree or around the house.
Not appropriate for children under three years of age.
Beading in Guatemala expanded greatly after a beading artist came from California several decades ago and started a beading group in Santiago Atitlán, training the women to make high quality beaded items. A number of the women who worked with her have started their own groups. Now there is so much beading done in Guatemala that there are bead importers and wholesalers in Guatemala City.
Czech glass beads and crystals
Recycled plastic bags
Durable professional beading thread
3" high, with additional beaded loop.
Have your own personal zoo without the hassle of feeding and cleaning! Our animalitos come in assorted colors and a variety of animals, all handcrafted in traditional Guatemalan fabric. Each animalito has a string attached for hanging as a decoration, but they also look great perched around the house - how cute! One of our best sellers, each of these critters are sold separately. As always... Handmade and Fair Trade!
- 2"H x 3"L
- 100% Cotton
- Assorted Animals
- Each Sold Separately
- Colors and Patterns Will Vary
Anteater Ornament - Felt and Repurposed Traditional Fabric
$19.00 USD
Unit price perAnteater Ornament - Felt and Repurposed Traditional Fabric
$19.00 USD
Unit price perClick here to see more info about Escuela Puerta Abierta. We collaborate with this truly impressive innovative indigenous rural school in Santiago Atitlan. Mothers make the adorable felt ornaments, adding pieces of recycled traditional skirt fabric. That’s how they pay their children’s tuition!
Felt, repurposed cotton traditional handwoven tube skirt fabric, some with mylar ("brilliante"), and polyester fiberfill.
Handmade, so no two are exactly alike.
Our artisan partners have woven our popular Arrow Table Runner in neutral tones. Subtle shades of blue, peach and green against a variegated tan and natural cotton background with a hand-knotted fringe. Perfect for a casual or elegant table.
- 100% cotton
- 14" x 60"
- Cold water wash, line dry
Andres first learned hand embroidery, then taught himself how to do thread painting on a sewing machine. He uses photos of birds and butterflies that we have chosen from books or online as models for his embroidery. The fabric is hand-woven on backstrap looms, then placed in an embroidery hoop to stretch it during the embroidery process. He then “thread paints” the design using his sewing machine, moving the fabric in various ways to get the desired texture and effect. Quickly “painting” then changing the thread color and “painting” again, it is amazing how expertly he produces the embroidery. He then tailors the coin purse, adding zippers and linings. We have watched his work improve over the years, and nowadays he has reached the peak!
He usually is found wearing traditional men’s pants of Santiago Atitlan, mid-calf and embroidered with birds.
5.25” W and 4.25” H
Zipper closure
Extra zippered pocket on back 3.25” high and 5.25” wide
Cotton fabric handwoven on a backstrap loom.
Many colors of cotton thread and acrylic “brilliante” threads.
Lined.
Handwoven Otoño Placemat will bring rich earth tones to the table, breakfast, lunch or dinner. Coordinating napkins and matching tablecloth and table runner available and sold separately.
- 100% cotton
- 14" wide x 20" long
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- 100% cotton
- 14" x 60" or 14" x 72"
- Cold water wash, line dry
Enhance your table with this colorful tablecloth, handwoven on foot looms by our artisan partners in Rabinal. This sturdy cotton tablecloth will last for years and years. Coordinating napkins and matching table runner, placemats and coasters available—sold separately.
Available in 3 sizes.
Our scarves are gorgeous, comfortable, of the highest quality, and affordable. They drape beautifully. Suitable for wearing as an outdoor winter scarf or indoor ornamental scarf. They are colorfast and the chenille will not rub off onto your clothing.
The process of making a scarf is labor intensive. The 100% bamboo chenille is wound into skeins on a hand-powered machine, then hand-dyed with dyes imported from the US. The yarn is then warped onto a warping board. The scarf is then handwoven on a traditional backstrap loom, a process which often takes a full day of work. The chenille is made from sustainably-grown organic bamboo thread in China.
Product Care
Hand wash in cold water with mild soap such as hair or baby shampoo, lay flat until almost dry, then “fluff up” briefly (three minutes) with a fabric softener sheet in a dryer set on low-heat gentle.
Always use fabric softener and minimize agitation and heat. Agitation will eventually remove the pile from the chenille and the tassels, and tangle the tassels. Heat could shrink your item.
For creases or a too-worn look, freshen up by spritzing with water and drying as above. Or hang in a steamy bathroom.
The fabric has already been washed by hand and dried as above, in Guatemala.
Or you may professionally dry clean your scarf.
Autumn Lightweight Bamboo Handwoven Infinity Scarf 11 x 68
Autumn Lightweight Bamboo Handwoven Infinity Scarf 11 x 68
Hand wash in cold water with mild soap such as hair or baby shampoo, and rinse with fabric softener. Hang to dry. Iron as needed, using rayon setting.