Month: October 2005

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Malli’s Wedding

Malli is the Sinhalese word for "little brother", and that’s Fahim’s brother’s nickname in the family. And…

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More on Salusala

I have to clarify – the Salusala store we were in used to, years and years ago,…

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Salt & Vinegar & Setting Colors

Not words you’d normally think of that belong in the same sentence, eh? I forgot to consider…

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Books on Dressmaking

Yeah, I’ve thought about having someone send it to me. Since my sister will be leaving so…

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Silk from Salusala

The really nice silk I saw and fell in love with was probably at $2.35 a yard…

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Silk. Handwashable?

From information that I found, it seems that silk is dry clean only (most of the time…

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Fabric Shopping a Success! Now for Dressmaking Books . . .

So*, we went shopping yesterday. First stop was at Vijitha Yapa’s, the biggest bookstore in the country,…