Saturday, January 15, 2011

Shopping at the fabric market--again and again!



The first day my college friends, Vicki and Nalla, were in Dakar, I took a personal day from school, and we went to the fabric market.  It is hard not to fall in love the riot of colors and patterns.


A sampling of fabric from Lome, Togo.  Not all of these fabrics are mine, Marje and Dede bought some of them as well.  There are several that we divided up. We said we need to coordinate and not wear the same fabric on the same day to school. 


On the way to Kara, Togo we stopped at leper village, where they do batiking.
 I bought a small quilt, several dresses, the map of Togo, and the purple and green fabric for a dress. 

Our last stop before leaving Togo was Dapaong. We visited a workshop and training center for women. They made soap, made clothing and wonderful weaving. Unfortunately, we were running out of money, so I only bought a few little items and took photos of all these other lovely items. 









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