Pescadero Top, Cochineal stitch Blanks were sourced from an

Blanks were sourced from an LA-based brand and were knit

Care: Please wash inside-out

so can fit adults with smaller heads

Care: Wash cold with darks

Vintage Girl Scouts of the USA

Pescadero Top, Cochineal stitch Blanks were sourced from anWomens Small, 100% Cotton I purchased this hand embroidered top from a flea market in El Pescadero, Baja, Mexico back in 2021. It was embroidered by a very sweet Abuela from Oaxaca. I dyed the top with cochineal, or Dactylopius coccus, an insect native to North and South Americas. Cochineal was originally used by Mexican Indigenous peoples to make pigment for paint and to dye textiles and feathers for wear. When the Spanish came to Mexico, they