Thank goodness last week is over – it was crazy busy with a mid week show at a local school in the Los Altos Hills. Starting off with a book club meeting and ending in a Diwali celebration with much more in between – I must say the weekend and time to breathe and just watch movies was heavenly.
Continuing my circle skirt theme I experimented with some sari fabric and this amazing sewn striped fabric from a shower curtain – this skirt is a beauty!
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| Made from a shower curtain this skirt will swing at all the holiday parties |
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| This is the best dancing skirt as I tried it out at the Diwali celebration at school on Friday |
I had a show with my friend Savi from Recipe Sack at Gardner Bullis Charter School up in the Los Altos Hills. Certainly a very “special” crowd lives up there I was very happy to come back down to Mountain View that evening when it was all over. It was an experience in cultural differentiation that I will live and learn by.
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| My booth at the show of about 8 vendors |
Thursday I taught the Arts Focus class and the kids enjoyed learning about quilting and some even made a fleece pillow to take home with yarn tassels. I came home and could not get into my house as the lock was jammed and what a drama that was – keep calm and carry on as my son would say…
Friday was the Diwali celebration at our school hosted by the South Asian Families including myself as I have Sri Lankan roots! I helped out with the Rangoli with a friend and saw beautiful designs & color created by the kids.
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| Creating a base design (pic by A. Son) |
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| My friend Lavanya made this outside the principals office – I love it! |
Saturday was Caturday for us with a cat party for two of our little friends who turned 1 year old and 5 years old. There were cosplay cat ears and cat tails for the kids to wear and Hello Kitty made an appearance to play with the little ones.
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| Missy the cat |
To end the weekend with some rain Jonathan (from FabMo) and I made a trip to Barnes and Noble for their Mini Maker Faire at their store in Eastridge, San Jose. Jonathan the co-founder of FabMo, 2 other makers and myself presented the FabMo story to the customers and inspired them to make with fabric – all it takes is a needle and thread! It was a interesting concept and people were interested in coming to visit FabMo at their next distribution event – yay!
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| Be inspired with these amazing fabrics! |
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