Sewing and pattern making

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January 16, 2009
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Every morning from 9am to 12 pm, I work with Mayda in the shop of Ajkem’a Loy’a,Â

designing the shape, making the patterns and sewing the prototypes for the track suit.

First stop: Antigua

June 2, 2008

Antigua was the perfect place to spend our first night in Guatemala. Despite the never ending rain from two tropical storms, we couldn’t wait to wander around town and discover

Business Workshop: Savings & Inventory Control

June 11, 2008

Building on the June 5th workshop on pricing, our student team started off by asking the women of Ajkem’a Loy’a what items could be eliminated from the pricing worksheet in

Our work in Guatemala – Three Locations

June 19, 2009

This year we returned to Guatemala with two goals: to continue the work we had started last year with Ajkem’a Loy’a in San Lucas TolimÃ¡n, and to expand our work

Ajkem’a Loy’a Workshop: Mostacilla

June 16, 2008

This was the first workshop run by the women from Ajkem’a Loy’a for the group from The New School. They taught us their techniques to make “fajas de mostacilla” (beaded

What a clear day, today !

January 14, 2009

Our final week

June 20, 2008

Next week will be our last week here in San Lucas. We have done a lot and yet feel there is so much left to do! We will be focusing