Kathmandu - sample designs for VES 75x85 inches

TRI - NIDAD 23 X 45 inches

SYMPHONY 36 X 27 inches

PARTITA 32 x 33 inches

ORANGE ZEST 17 X 35 inches

FAH DOOR (BLUE DOOR) 32 X 23 inches

CALIFORNIA BURNIN' 38 X 30 inches

BORO BORO 16 x 18 inches

BHUTAN LAMA TOP 40 x 49 inches

CHACONNE 27 X 31 inches

Narda's - Tribal Dolls

Photo sent by Amihan Abueva.

Baguio City, Philippines. Tribal Dolls at Narda's

Source:  Facebook.  Narda's Handwoven Arts and Crafts - Weaving

We have new products! Check them out at the #LikhangHabiFair2019. Such as this #upcycled #floormat handwoven by #Cordi weavers. Our booth is at J5 right across the stage. The fair is at Glorietta activity center until tomorrow, Sunday! #Handwoven #handmade #lovelocal #supportlocal #HabiJourney

Bangkok: Leaders and Enders

WINACA: Art Dolls May 27-31 2019

From May 27 to 31, we held a  doll making  training course for ten sewers and weavers at Narda's weaving facility in Acop, Tublay, Benguet Province called WINACA.  It  is a family-owned  company  into dyeing from plants found in their vicinity, weaving in both Ikat and traditional Cordillera styles, and garden farming. They grow lettuce, strawberries, anthurium flowers, and a facility for family fun: a 2.5 km eco-trail, weekend activities for kids, catering, and events planning.  I had the fortune to do the eco walk, well worth it amidst a trail of giant fern, Benguet pine, narra, and a host other indigenous and imported trees and shrubs. 
The dolls were constructed from recycled materials such as Tshirts, used electric wire, unrepaired costume jewelry:  how fortunate that they have cut offs of dyed weaving thread in all lengths, and remnants of beautiful handwoven fabrics!

:Baguio: Lower Quirino Hill Barangay May 5-11 2019

The Lower Quirino Hill Barangay, in cooperation with the Baguio CAR Dept. of Tourism, organized a training course on basic quilt blocks from May 5 - 11. We had fun with about 20 gals, from 80 to 18 and completed about 12 hand-sewn blocks, to paste on their Quilt Journal, together with instructions on how to construct them. It was some sort of "homecoming" for me, having grown up in nearby Magsaysay Avenue,  May 12th was Election Day so we had a stream of candidates to shake hands with the Barangay members.

BAGUIO: WINACA ART DOLLS

NOTES:

These are the experimental sample dolls, sone are not yet completed.  

 Heads are made of inner (old socks) and outer (T shirt material) Hats can be crocheted or made of cloth.  Head scarves are the easiest.

Jewelry made of old unused jewelry, and shapes from soft drink cans and old electric wires, beads, plastic straws cut in small sizes.

Hair is made of black felt, or black yarn, and old electric wires.

A pair of chopsticks holds the back of head and body.

Eyes and lips are embroidered.

Nose is half of cotton bud inserted between 2 face layers.

My tailoring skills are not so good – I am sure the Winaca ladies can do a lot better than my ugh sleeves, bodice, etc.!!

I only had a small amount of Narda’s remnants which I used sparingly, but the trainees can use a lot more than I have done with these samples.

Reminder: intended to  use on the wall!!!

The fat lady is a Baknang from the minas.

Kathmandu: Baby quilts