90/100. @ #100sareepact

Sundari. Named after Sundari, Julie Johnson, our beloved student turned colleague, whose birthday it was, which we celebrated with love and breakfast. As usual, in the staff room, but, unusually, both of us wearing what Dinesh Nair has gifted three of us, Preeta, Susmita and myself, from his last trip down south, in all sisterly shades of green and maroon.

A Coimbatore cotton of uncommon elegance, it can be worn with many kinds of blouses as amply illustrated here!

I love the paisleys on the pallu and pleats, and the plain, dull maroon border which allows me to jazz it up with accessories and blouses of my choice! One, a kalamkari from an earlier post, the other made partly of leftover material and partly new.

It was a lovely day, making Julie a card, posing, having breakfast and adda together ….