44/100#100sareepact Summative Assessments from next week. Work is hectic. However, one gotta do the photo thing! For the pact!! I have found another saree draping friend in school. We take each others photos. We found the perfect place too!I don't recall anything about this saree except for that it was gifted by someone. It is from Maharashtra. A black cotton saree with brown checks. The border is bright and look like Silk. It seems to be a handloom as it has those tiny holes and imperfections but I am not sure. I have draped it a few times with different blouses. Today I draped it with an off white blouse with golden border on the sleeves. Next time I plan to wear a Kalamkari blouse with it.
43/100#100sareepact It was some 20 years back. I was gifted an orange Organdie saree with shadow work. I loved that saree even though it had a mind of its own. It did not hug my body and stayed away as much it could. One day I set my mind to embroider a saree just like that. Bought the material in pinkish purple along with the embroidery threads and made my younger brother sketch the design on the raw saree. I was all set to do heavy thread work. I did the border, the anchal and lost interest half way through. I forced myself to do the coloured motifs so as to make the saree wearable. I even stitched an Sambalpuri Ikat blouse for it. I draped that saree many many times. One fine day, I told my mom to give it away. That was 10 years ago.Recently, I was looking out for sarees to drape for the pact and mom gave this back to me. She hadn't given it away as she remembered how I had worked hard for it. I fell in love with it again. Today I draped it with a newly stitched Sambalpuri Ikat blouse, coincidentally the same shade as before. I accessorized it with an Amethyst necklace bought from some Emporium. I got a lot of compliments for the saree and the Ikat blouse. Such a busy day but everything looked rosy. Like my saree.
42/100#100sareepact Draped a saree after more than two weeks. Last night when I was standing in front of my wardrobe, this saree called out to me to drape it. I pulled it out, took out a plain green blouse and voila, my clothes were ready for the morning.I had bought this very light lemon cotton saree with Luknowi shadow work, for my mom some 12 years back. She draped it only once, and gave it back to me. I have draped it on and off. With a different blouse each time.There is a story behind this saree but that is for my mom to tell, so I will leave it for now.....It was one hectic day today but this saree kept me sane.....
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Have been out of circulation due to network problem. Also my eldest brother is visiting us from Bangalore. Life seems to be good despite no net. Who needs it when one is re-bonding with a sibling? We also celebrated his birthday here. Mom is one happy person.
School is hectic too. I draped a saree after a week. A repeat for the pact but totally new in school. I bought this block printed Kalamkari from Nalli. Paired it with a handloom blouse from Andhra Emporium. My accessories are my usual platinum studs/earrings from Tanishq and Silver bangles from Cottage Emporium.
I was also wearing stone studded anklets but those were not visible to anyone.
40/100#100sareepact Independence Day. So many things to say but nothing comes out. Maybe because, it overwhelms us to think about our freedom fighters. Maybe because, just because....We celebrated it in the Central Park of our Apartments. Flag hoisting, patriotic sings by kids, speeches by adults. And catching up with each other.What did I do? Draped this Garden Vareli orange/rust chiffon with a embroidered Khadi blouse. It kind of goes with the colours of the Tricolour. And I really don't need excuses to drape a saree. Not any more..Happy Independence Day, my friends....
39/100#100sareepact In Delhi schools, Independence Day is celebrated on 14th August. We have cultural events lined up for the day. We, teachers make an effort to dress up in the colours of our flag. It is any one colour or all colours of the Tricolour. Our clothes are pre-decided as we repeat the same every year for Republic Day and Independence Day. We all know about who is going to wear what and it does not bother us.I usually drape a white Kasavu with orange border with a green handloom blouse. No surprises there. Keeping that in mind, I repeated one of my sarees of the pact. ( 27/100. It is 100 days, not 100 sarees, right?) It has all the colours of the flag and goes well with the spirit of the week. I paired it with the same green handloom blouse and accessorised it with Silver earrings bought from Fabindia yesterday, their Anusuya range. I fell in love with the earrings and had to buy!BTW, I couldn't watch the programmes as I was very busy otherwise, although I could hear it loud and clear. The photo are taken at the fag end of the school day in a corridor with four of my tricolour hued colleagues....
38/10027 years back, my mom and dad were travelling to Bhubaneswar. The worst happened and all their luggage was stolen despite travelling first class. From Bhubaneshwar, they went to Buguda by bus, my dad's native place, where my grandmother lived. (She refused to live in Delhi permanently with us). Now, not having any clothes, except for the ones they were wearing, they had no other option except for buying clothes from shops near the bus stand. My mom bought two simple sarees, printed cotton ones. She draped one saree only once and the other one disintegrated after many drapings. (She bought more sarees in the ensuing days)Today I draped that remaining saree, bought near the bus stand. I found it in her wardrobe, while sorting through it, on Sunday. I told her to give it away as both of us preferred Sambalpuris or other handlooms nowadays. Last night I was looking for a saree to drape and I don't know what made me look at it. I picked it up and decided to drape it. It is very soft to touch and easy to drape.Today in the morning, I changed my blouse thrice as the previous two did not suit the saree. This off white blouse with gold border in the sleeves was a perfect match. BTW, the blouse was a plain one. My mom stitched the gold border on the sleeves. My colleagues are used to seeing me draping sarees and don't say much. However, today many came and told me what a beautiful saree!
Needless to say, this saree will not be given away.
