Handwoven and Hand Embroidered Bird Lumbar Sage Pillow Guatemala

Handwoven cotton pillow with embroidery by Jose Sicay of Santiago Atitlan. The embroidery is done with a zigzag sewing machine. Jose is a master at free hand embroidery. The front fabric is handwoven peach colored cotton. The piping and the back are pale grey cotton velour. Colors of embroidery: greens, browns, bright pink, yellow, turquoise, violet, grey and more. Allow for variations in the colors as each pillow is one of a kind. Hidden zipper with 90-10 feather/down pillow insert.

Jose Sicay Embroidery

But José embroiders on an old Singer sewing machine. Nothing computerized about it. His talent reminds us of the saying “Great mastery is as if unskilled.” He seamlessly switches colors and in the blink of an eye a bird quickly comes to life so vividly you think it’s going to take flight.