More fabulous from Fabindia!!

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I cant say enough about the prints at fabindia. They are just fabulous. My sister had gifted me this wonderful fabindia dupatta with beautiful vines and red flowers at my wedding. I waited 2 years to buy something matching to go with it (could not go to India, hence fabinida for 2 years). I was wearing it for the second time I think, while visiting my aunt. It was the monsoon season, we were roaming about the streets of Rishikesh, and it starts pouring. Alas! my new kurta bled onto this very wonderful dupatta and ruined large parts of it.

This is the day I am talking about

Once again not willing to let go of the fabric, I decided to turn into a scarf. But the scarf did not turn out to be large enough to wear without it flying off every two minutes. Here is my Anthropologie  fix. (pun intended )

A string of beads keeps the loose ends in place

Step 2: Make figure '8' with the scarf

Step 3: Fold over and slip it on

Beads after beads (my version)

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Ingredients:
Wooden Beads: Hobby Lobby: $3
Paint: Utrecht: $5
Thread:Hobby Lobby: $3.6
Color: Your choice!

Mossimo Supply -- meet -- Fab India

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I had been wanting to get a pair of red shoes but did not want to spend too much on them coz I knew I would be wearing them occasionally. I saw these flats at Target for $14. They felt comfortable, they were red and they were cheap. But Alas! not perfect. Faux patent leather was just too shiny for my taste and my wardrobe.

Enter, some scrap fabric from Fab India. I actually had set aside an old faded Kurta (long shirt worn in India over slacks like pajamas) from Fab India - my favorite store in India. The print on the fabric, though faded in portions was too good to give up!

They look cute together. Don't you think?

Edge of fabric secured by stitching

Once upon a time, there were a pair of pants that made me look fat...

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... and then one day, they died.


I bought these grey linen pants from HnM last summer and every time I put them on (which was 3 times), my husband had the same comment -"they make you look err..umm... you know.."

I loved the fabric and was not willing to part with them easily. So here is what happened to them...

snip snip..off with the legs

patched in fabric from the leg part (hand stitched)

trimmed the extra fabric

...hem... hem... hem... ahem (by hand again)

Potato Printing- Screw it

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I had been wanting to try my hand potato printing for a while. Did lots of it in school, and even "diversified" into other veggies like okra/ladyfinger, lotus root etc. Actually the idea was to do a custom print on a scarf. But could not come with a cut of potato that I liked. They were either too simple or did look good in print. Then I remembered an old trick from school days where I used the head of a screw to stamp flowers. And Wallah! I had a cute little custom print. Here a few tips from today's experience if you would like to try it too.
1. Definitely, definitely test your design, paint color and paint consistency.
2. Practice with your stamp (atleast 4-5 times) before printing on the actual fabric.
3. Keep a rag handy and clean the stamp often.

I did a simple repeat of these grey flowers. I plan to buy another color next week (I only had black and white paint at hand today) and introduce the "custom" look.