How was clothing made at mission San Juan Bautista?

Answer 1

From various padres' reports, and sketches drawn by visitors, we have a good understanding of what kind of wool clothing the Native Americans made and wore during the Mission Period.

Father Ramon Abella and Father Juan Lucio of Mission San Francisco de Asis reported on the clothing the Mission Native Americans wore:

The male Indians wear the Cotón, which is a kind of shirt of wool, the breech cloth, and the majority also wear a blanket. Others on horseback, or who go about the house, such as the alcaldes, or who occupy some position, wear pants, and those who wear pants also wear shoes. The Indian women and girls also wear the Cotón, a skirt, and a blanket, all these of woolen cloth woven in the Mission.

As for the padres clothing, they too wore wool, but their clothing consisted of a habit. In California the Franciscans' robes were gray the color of un-dyed wool. In other parts of the Spanish empire, they were blue. The Franciscans also wore sandals and sometimes wore long flat brimmed hats.