Jula Gomez: A Stitch Out of Time: A story of Colcha Embroidery in New Spain

This presentation was delivered at the Weave A Real Peace (WARP) Annual Meeting in May 2024. For more about WARP, please visit: www.weavearealpeace.org

Julia Gomez is an acclaimed Colcha Embroidery artist from New Mexico. Julia will open Friday's program with her presentation, A Stitch Out of Time: A story of Colcha Embroidery in New Spain. Julia is among the few artists who spin Churro wool and weave sabanilla backing cloth for colcha embroidery. Since retiring in 2002, following a 36-year career teaching home economics in the Santa Fe public schools, Julia has devoted herself to colcha embroidery. She has participated in Spanish Market for eighteen years. Among many honors, she won Best of Show in 2010. Julia loves teaching children about hand-dying, hand-spinning, and hand-weaving.