Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Success in Santa Fe

The project we have been working on for the last ten months is finished. The Santa Fe International Folkart Market is over and Fatima and Hind have returned home.


All the industrious carpet weaving, forms sending, picture taking, budgeting, fundraising, document gathering, marketing, label sewing, packing, shipping, and planning were worth it as
Adwal had a successful market experience.

They sold nearly everything they took either at the Market or later as they toured California, attended the Convergence Conference of the Handweavers’ Guild of America, spoke to the Textile Museum Associates, and attended several house parties in their honor.
Exhausted but elated, they returned to Morocco with new business, weaving, and natural dyeing skills which will be shared with the other Adwal members. The contacts they made, along with their western market experience and newly acquired skills will hopefully lead to future sales. Adwal has entered the international marketplace!
Since I did not accompany them to Santa Fe, all the photos shown here were taken by Lynn Dines, RPCV, who generously offered her time and expertise to attend the Market with Fatima and Hind and host them on the California leg of their US journey.

For everyone who assisted them in this endeavor, Fatima and Hind would like to say:

“We want to thank all people that make our trip easy and and help us to have the opportunity to have this very good experience in USA thank you so much and god bless your hearts .thank you. “




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