A close-up of a figure embroidered into guipil or Santiago woman's blouse. Embroidering a guipil. T he women of Santiago utilize both embroidery and supplemental weft in weaving their guipils. The results of both techniques look similar but are actually quite different. As we all know, embroidery is sewn in with needles once the cloth is woven.
Supplemental weft is added as the cloth is being woven.
A guipil being woven by Concepcion on a back-strap loom. The horizontal lines are added as supplimental weft. G uipils are woven on back-strap looms. Two equal panels are sewn together. A neck hole is cut out.