August 13, 2011

Bag made from mudcloth.

Great day! I went to the farmer's market this morning, then to the second Ethnographic show (much better than the one yesterday), and then to The Flea, the "other" flea market outside of Santa Fe. The woman I like to buy African mudcloth from was at The Flea and I bought two pieces from her. She has the best priced mudcloth and I only see her when I'm in Santa Fe during the summer. I'm posting a market tote I made yesterday out of mudcloth. It's really long and will hold lots of goodies!

Just as I was leaving The Flea, a terrible rainstorm started. I could see that it was raining hard in Santa Fe and there was lightening. All I could think about was getting home as fast as possible because I knew Roz would be frightened. Sure enough, when I walked in the backdoor I started calling her. She didn't come out from her hiding spot, but when I walked into the main room, I heard her in the pantry. She had worked herself into the pantry and was hiding behind under the shelves.

Today I'm creating more bags. I was inspired by some designs I saw at the Ethnographic show. Pretty bags, but priced too high. I'll make and sell them for half the price.