The Folkwear choli pattern (which compares, by the way, quite favorably with cholis I have had made in India) includes step-by-step illustrated directions for wrapping two different styles of sari. If you really want to have some fun, you can get Chantal Boulanger's book "Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping." I ordered this a year or two ago on recommendation from somebody on this list--maybe that person still has the author's website, from which I ordered directly. Publisher is Shakti Press International, 33 Greyhound Rd., London W6 8NH, GB. The ISBN is 0-9661496-1-0. She includes a CD. The book provides a wonderful historical discussion of wrapped clothing and illustrations for many many regional, religious, and/or class variations on the sari. All have detailed illustrated directions. From this book I learned to wrap the Chettiyar dhoti, which my Ganesha wore in my recent production of A Perfect Ganesh. Indian audience members were delighted with what they considered the ultimate accurate detail, and in fact one woman said she came to the show because she saw the publicity picture and was impressed with Ganesha's dhoti.
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 12, 2005 9:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: Indian Fabric Stores In a message dated 8/12/2005 9:11:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Folkwear doesn't really have a pattern for a Sari, it is simply a really long rectangle? I'm such a visual person that I was hoping there was a simple step-by-step website out there. Check this out: _SAREE WORLD -- Sari, Saree, Sarees, saris, silk sarees (sari), kanchipuram sar_ (http://www.sareeworld.com/sari.html) _http://www.sareeworld.com/sari.html_ (http://www.sareeworld.com/sari.html) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
