Set of 6 Handwoven Placemats - Nicaragua

Set of 6 handwoven placemats Dimensions: These products are hand-made and environmentally-friendly. The fibers are sourced from a factory in El Salvador that takes old clothing and reduces it to the fiber materials. They don’t use any dyes and are giving these fibers new life. All of the production is done on food pedaled looms and sewing machines. This does not produce waste or use harmful chemicals.* Fair Trade* Cooperative* Handmade* Eco FriendlyStory Behind the ArtTelares Indígenas Nicaragua is a small group of enterprising women weavers living in the village of El Chile, in the north of Nicaragua. They weave beautiful fabrics in vibrant colors from re-used cotton and sew them into bags and purses of all shapes and sizes.Nicaragua has a centuries-old weaving tradition, but for a few decades in the 20th century, its people were forbidden by their government to practice the craft. Some speculate that the government wanted to free up labor to work in factories, while others call it a