Priscilla's and Getting Ready for the Beach!

Yesterday, I got the opportunity to visit Priscilla and see some of the treasures that she brought back on her trip from southeast Asia. She of course had many beautiful things that she bought for herself as well as some she was willing to share! I swore I was only going to pick up the shaman coat I had asked if she could find, but needless to say did buy some buttons and necklaces as well but kept under control!

This is the back of the shaman coat -- it really is like a tunic with just a few stitches on each side to keep it together. It is folk art from Viet Nam -- look at the vibrant embroidery. It is about 40 inches long in the front and back so it is a long tunic. It is also about 36 inches wide on each side so anyone can wear it.



This is the front of the shaman coat.

This is a closeup of the embroidery on the back. The embroidery is on a very dark cloth that almost looks homespun.

Today, I am working at a feverish pitch to get stuff ready for the trip (have to have projects after all) as well getting my regular organizational work done for tomorrow's GVQC meeting (which inevitably means that the printers are going to break down or run out of ink or do some other perverse thing to annoy me). Of course they did as usual!

After the dyeing session, I wanted to use up all the leftover dyes, so some miscellaneous fabric (don't even know what it was) went into the "leftover" dyepot and then I took the blue purple and the yellows and squirted all over two more tshirts that were sitting there looking very white. Well some was obviously pfd fabric and some wasn't!! The piece that was turned out beautifully -- a deep brown/black with a lot of character! It will make a great background for something!