Mathru School for the Differently-Abled
Thursday 1/16/14
I was happily working away on my bees mosaic this afternoon when Divya told me I needed to be measured and fitted for my sari. I thought she meant I needed to meet Kavitha for a fitting, but it turned out she meant I had to go meet with Muktha's seamstress, and a taxi was coming in a few minutes to pick me up.
I told her Kavitha took my measurements last night and had all the sari materials. Divya said no, that was for the other salwar kameez. I said no, it was for the black top and the two saris.
Divya asked to see the materials I have. All I have with me now are three sets of materials for salwar kameez outfits that I'd planned to give to some of my friends. "See?? All salwar kemeez. No sari. Kavitha has the material for the black top and both of my saris."
She told me to take the materials I had over to the seamstress anyway. Communication glitch aside, the saris are being made, and now I might as well get the outfits for Chris and Patty made up. I took their measurements with me, but all my plans went awry once I got to the seamstress. Theeju (Muktha's niece who helps run the Mathru schools) went with me.
The seamstress was about a block down the street from the School for the Blind, abd we stood at a counter less than two feet from her front doorstep. She took so many measurements that I hadn't thought to ask Chris and Patty for that I realized that giving her what measurements I did have would not be very useful. She took different measurements for each differently-styled outfit, too. I couldn't keep track of them all.
So now I'm getting three more salwar kameez outfits made up for myself. She is charging me 680 rupees, or a little over $10 USD, to make all three outfits, all different styles.
I was dismayed but not really surprised when I learned that the red and purple materials I thought I'd bought are really red and green. Oh well. Theeju assured me the combination really looks lovely, and I figure now I'll have a nice Christmas outfit anyway. The other two outfits are black and cream, and deep blue and magenta.
So now I go to Plan B on getting outfits made for my friends. Afterm today, and thinking about how many times Kavitha had me try on the first outfit she made for me, I'm thinking it's probably not a good ides to try to have the outfits made here. But I can get more materials, and there's a large enough Indian community in Sacramento that I should be able to find an Indian tailor who could make the outfits. Actually, any good tailor could copy any of the outfits I bring home. Of course, they'll charge a lot more than four bucks an outfit.
If I could still see to sew, I could easily make the outfits myself. Well, we'll figure something out.
Meanwhile … tomorrow Kavitha brings me the saris.
Thursday 1/16/14
I was happily working away on my bees mosaic this afternoon when Divya told me I needed to be measured and fitted for my sari. I thought she meant I needed to meet Kavitha for a fitting, but it turned out she meant I had to go meet with Muktha's seamstress, and a taxi was coming in a few minutes to pick me up.
I told her Kavitha took my measurements last night and had all the sari materials. Divya said no, that was for the other salwar kameez. I said no, it was for the black top and the two saris.
Divya asked to see the materials I have. All I have with me now are three sets of materials for salwar kameez outfits that I'd planned to give to some of my friends. "See?? All salwar kemeez. No sari. Kavitha has the material for the black top and both of my saris."
She told me to take the materials I had over to the seamstress anyway. Communication glitch aside, the saris are being made, and now I might as well get the outfits for Chris and Patty made up. I took their measurements with me, but all my plans went awry once I got to the seamstress. Theeju (Muktha's niece who helps run the Mathru schools) went with me.
The seamstress was about a block down the street from the School for the Blind, abd we stood at a counter less than two feet from her front doorstep. She took so many measurements that I hadn't thought to ask Chris and Patty for that I realized that giving her what measurements I did have would not be very useful. She took different measurements for each differently-styled outfit, too. I couldn't keep track of them all.
So now I'm getting three more salwar kameez outfits made up for myself. She is charging me 680 rupees, or a little over $10 USD, to make all three outfits, all different styles.
I was dismayed but not really surprised when I learned that the red and purple materials I thought I'd bought are really red and green. Oh well. Theeju assured me the combination really looks lovely, and I figure now I'll have a nice Christmas outfit anyway. The other two outfits are black and cream, and deep blue and magenta.
So now I go to Plan B on getting outfits made for my friends. Afterm today, and thinking about how many times Kavitha had me try on the first outfit she made for me, I'm thinking it's probably not a good ides to try to have the outfits made here. But I can get more materials, and there's a large enough Indian community in Sacramento that I should be able to find an Indian tailor who could make the outfits. Actually, any good tailor could copy any of the outfits I bring home. Of course, they'll charge a lot more than four bucks an outfit.
If I could still see to sew, I could easily make the outfits myself. Well, we'll figure something out.
Meanwhile … tomorrow Kavitha brings me the saris.
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