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Posted in Heritage Textiles, bags on Oct 7th, 2010
Remember this bag from Sapa? I showed it to you after seeing it last summer. Two versions of this bag are due to arrive in January. One is large, like this one. The other is a smaller version of the same. I’m looking forward to seeing them. The details are lovely, with all the tiny [...]
Posted in Heritage Textiles, fabric, needle cases on Sep 1st, 2010
I’ve been looking at the batik needle cases in the warehouse. This is the green butterfly batik case. And this is the blue and natural batik case. (Yes, I like to take pictures on my piano, because the white balance for pictures is perfect!) I saw some of the tools used to make batik fabric [...]
Posted in Heritage Textiles, bags, fabric on Aug 12th, 2010
This is our A-Luoi tool case. The fabric is woven by women in the A-Luoi tribe in the central highlands of Vietnam, a 3 hour drive from the old capital city of Hue. Sharon met some of the weavers at a TrAIDe fair sponsored by the French government, and loved the intricate patterns in their [...]
Posted in Heritage Textiles, bags, fabric on Jul 22nd, 2010
Sharon brought this prototype of a Sapa bag to the Tigard Knitting Guild meeting. It’s a large, roomy bag. I love the appliqué and tiny cross-stitches. Sapa is town in a mountainous area in the northern part of Vietnam. The handwork on this bag is representative of the textiles unique to this region. These handwork [...]