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Happy New Year

1/1/2018

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                          in my last post we were preparing our trip to Rajasthan.   We flew out to
                          Mumbai on the last day of November and returned just two days before
                          before Christmas.     Perfect.   Missed all the crazy shopping and cooking.

                          First on the Indian shopping list was a visit to our friends in Arkola.
                                            
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​                    stacks of printing blocks
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                one of three gorgeous indigo vats
it's always a treat to visit -  printed and dyed cloth yardage drying in the sun - great piles of indigo      cloth being washed, and then there is the 'shop'.    I focused on just purchasing metres of plain calico, 
so soft, ready for shibori dyeing when the sun comes out and the weather is warmer.    I think I might
have to wait a while!
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       A visit to our friend Iilyas in Udaipur.   A master dryer and colourist, he can match anything
       I needed to order more printing blocks from him.   Whilst we were enjoying chai an Indian
       lady came into the shop to buy a dupatta (or two) she couldn't make up her mind.  Piles of
       scarves covered the floor - yummy colours, and yes, she did buy four!

                                                               Enough for one day!  
                                                    Wishing you all  a fabulous 2018

                                                     Tiggy and the Mumbai Snowman


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