The photos that followed were just amazing, including one of Terry and her husband on a painted elephant. We had the added delight that Sujata of The Root Connection is one of our gang. Being from India, she definitely added some commentary and explanations that were so enlightening.
Our group has a tradition of gift giving during a nice holiday lunch after our guild meeting in December. If time allows, we try to make a handmade gift -sometimes edible. Terry had dropped some hints that her holiday gift this year was from India. I thought she brought us back a bit of silk or some type of Indian fabric. I was speechless when she gave each of us in our favorite colors (of course mine was blue), this:
And here are some close-ups:
Here are a couple more. Each of them are made from bits and pieces of saris. Can you see the yokes?
The embroidery is gorgeous. Every time you looked, there was another wonderful design.
They are amazing! How lucky are we!!!
ReplyDeleteThat was truly lot of fun! I still can't stop staring and studying mine!
ReplyDeleteJust stunning! What a great treasure to have from a friend...
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