Telaraña de flores

Just a quick post about a couple of handmade textiles I’ve recently acquired. First, the top I’m wearing today... which I think is crocheted? worn in this picture over an orange tank top. 
Anyway, it consists of flowers connected by a web of black. It was made by Teresa Maria Sosa from the pueblo of San Juan del Río in the valle de Tlacolula (parte de las valles centrales región de Oaxaca). This is largely Zapotec town with some Mixe as well. I don’t think this is a super-traditional type of top (at least as far as I’ve seen) but certainly the use of many, bold colors is very much in line with the Zapotec bordados (embroidery) that is typical in Tlacolula. Thank you Teresa Maria Sosa, for your artistry and skill. 

In the actual town of Tlacolula, at their Sunday mercado,  I bought this beautiful delantal- apron, which takes a regular quite nice apron and embroiders it with that very traditional stylized Zapotecan flowers and leaves, in great profusion of color, all hand stitched. 

Many of the women at the mercado, both vendors and shoppers, wore this style of apron over their regular traditional finery. I wear mine in honor of their great skill and appreciation for tradition and culture.