Ladies Sewing Circle
The Town of San Luis is often described as the oldest town in Colorado. San Luis is part of the only recognized land grant community in Southern Colorado and is home to the largest agricultural commons in the country. There have been sewing groups meeting regularly in the community on and off for the last 47 years. The collection of Sangre de Cristo Heritage Center in San Luis has works by Sally Chavez, Janice Cisneros, Pacifica La Combe, Esther Esquibel de Romero, Elsie Gallegos, Lita Lobato, Mary Martinez, Daisy Ortega, Joyce Romero, Sostena Sandoval Cleven, Julia Valdez, Tina Valdez, Mary ‘Tiola’ Vialpando, and Mary Vigil de Rodriguez. Evangeline Salazar’s Sangre de Cristo Health Center hangs in the office of the Town clinic. The current San Luis colcha group started in 2017 through the organizational efforts of Marcella Pacheco, with instruction provided by New Mexican practitioners.