Up date on the Rancheritas
1. Bonifacia Tovar, the group leader, will be a special invitee to the 2013 biannual ATHA Conference.
2. Shows in Austin in Dec were good. Sales around $2000.
3. We have a new angel on board. I women here in Austin with energy, intelligents and savvy is delighted by the project and wants to help. She has all the rugs for the month of Jan while I am gone and will be selling them around Texas. She has great ideas on possible avenues for sales and shares my dream of Las Rancheritas being the next Grenfell. She also has a freind who will help with the website, Yeh!! The idea is to put certain items like the bags and pillows for direct sales. The women are now producing at least 4 of each pattern so we will have a small stalk to sell from. Poco a poco.
4. Kate Kiely of Rochester, a long time supporter, has a big shippment of wool to send to me in Feb.
5. We will see about getting started on the remodeling of the shop this winter as well.
So we enter the new year with hope and plans.
I'm off to Mexico tomorrow to see the women, send some up dated photos and get more rugs!!
Regards,
Charlotte
Happy New Year
