Monday, June 21, 2010

One year of lapas at the Women's Sewing Co-op

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

2 comments:

  1. who makes all the prints?

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  2. I'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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