The Women's Sewing Co-op--a project I mentor through Robertsport Community Works--is coming up on its 1-year anniversary. The women want to have a party. Most especially, they want me to make the same vegan chocolate cake I made for Bendu's birthday--and they want my recipe. They also want me to help them buy identical lapas so that we can all have matching dresses. If/when this happens, I promise to document it.
You can order bags here!
While I go up to my Tides kitchen and bake for them, here are some of the coolest lapa prints the Co-op has sewn together in the last year:
Gorgeous lapas
Whitewater
Frog feet
Cat tails
Yellow lanterns
Pineapple (so far, the Co-op's all-time favorite)
Cowrie
Plenty fish
Snake eyes
Jungle
Ladybug
Taxi
Tree lapas
Yellow trees
Klimt trees (aka Klimt deforestation)
Leaves
Wildlife lapa
Big butterfly
Honeybees (a favorite)
Peacock
Snail
Blue goose
Free bird
Migration
Entertaining lapa
Camera
Pharmacy
Rooster
School
Tropical palm trees
Bunnies
Aquatic lapa
Big fish
Plenty fish
Oyster
Sting ray
Sea creatures
Fish pond
Monday, June 21, 2010
One year of lapas at the Women's Sewing Co-op
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community projects,
Liberia,
microenterprise,
NGO,
Robertsport,
women,
Women's Sewing Coop
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who makes all the prints?
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to find out more about this myself. The prints are designed for the textile companies that make the cloth--some in Ghana, some in India, some in China. We always try to buy West African!
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