Weekly Saree Bulletin #3
In the third Weekly Saree Bulletin I explain a lit about the pure silk, pure cotton, the polyester mixed silk and silk cotton sarees.
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Cotton Beauties
Happy to share pics and details about three Cotton Beauties that I own. Am a saree addict and #ILoveHandloom. So a happy blog 😀
Three Cool Cotton Sarees !
A Bhujodi, an Ilkal and a Telia Rumal are the Three Cool Cotton Sarees that I feature in this blogpost. Am truly a Saree Addict :).
The Begumpuri Collection
I fell in love with the Begumpuri Saree in 2016… the love affair continues and I keep adding to my tiny collection of these beautiful handloom cotton sarees.
Dakhai Jamdani
A post about the three Dakhai Jamdani sarees that I had/have. Wore the pink one yesterday and that reminded me of the other two 🙂
Flowery farewell to Satya Paul
A tribute to designer Satya Paul who passed away on Jan 7, 2021. Thank you Mr. Satya Paul for making the saree a fashion in your own way.
An Appeal – Koorainadu Sarees
There is a special 40% discount on the Koorainadu sarees. Please do buy one of these gorgeous beauties and help the weavers who came back to weaving it.
Growing up Mom #5
My father gave Mom a name – “Ba-Tu-Ta”, naming her after the great Chinese traveller who came to India during the reign of Mohammed Bin Tughlaq. Amma’s name though is an acronym – “Ba” is written as “Pa” in Tamil script, the alphabet for Pa and Ba being the same and the context decides the … Read more
A true “Kalam”kari..
I have always been fascinated with Kalamkari sarees, but I didn’t know someone who could source a genuine pen (kalam) Kalamkari. I bought my first Kalamkari saree at the Hyderabad airport as we went for our Cambodia trip in 2014, but that was block printed. Then I got a screen printed one which I didn’t … Read more
Book Review #1/50 – The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying
On our way back to the airport from our reunion on Nov 24, 2018 Amit mentioned this book about de-cluttering to Vandana and I. We then spoke about our habits of keeping our places clean and I mentioned how I try and only replace sarees rather than adding to my collection. I bought the book … Read more