Carson, New Mexico
In the 1930s, Carson was a Mormon settlement. A local trader gave an old colcha, an embroidered woolen blanket, to his sister-in-law to be fixed. She studied the textile and started making new colchas. This lead to a successful cottage industry. Most of the Carson colchas were made from recycled woolen fabrics. They were priced reasonably, and sold well. Many are now in the collections of museums.