MAKER: Rachel Hosmer Reyes

ABOUT: Rachel is one of my favorite people in Santa Fe. When I met her three years ago (to interview her for a Santa Fe Found feature) I was going through some tough life transitions, and what was intended to be me-interviewing-her turned into a mentoring session with her giving me great life advice!! Through the years we’ve met up regularly and she always offers insightful feedback and is one of the kindest people I know. ANYWAY, she was the first maker I approached about collaborating on some items for the Santa Fe Found collection, and these pillows are probably my favorite product in this launch. I have a slight hoarding problem when it comes to vintage bandanas,and for years wondered what to do with them. I finally decided to design some pillows! I hand stitched the bandanas to cotton canvas, then collaborated with Rachel on the size of each piece, the materials, and the signature finishes, like the veg tan leather zipper tabs and African mudcloth backing. Rachel sewed each pillow together on her Juki® sewing machine. They’re so beautiful and would make the perfect addition to any stylish home - AND the insert is included!

MATERIALS: Vintage USA-made cotton indigo bandanas hand-quilted on cotton canvas, cotton mudcloth from Mali, brass zipper, leather.

DIMENSIONS: 18” x 18” with down pillow insert included.