I had a splendid outing to Jamnagar with Abdul yesterday morning. This whole area is widely known for its Bandhani cotton fabric. This is a very detailed form of tie and dye work to the basic material. In this little traditional shop this fabric is stacked up all over the place in all kinds of colours and designs. The owner of the shop provided drinks and seats and told me all about how it is made and distributed.

So, of course, I had to buy some!! I having the pieces I purchased made into a Shalwar Kemeez outfit - not sure about the spelling but the costume is the traditional trousers, tunic and scarf of this area. The tailor will be charging me approximately one pound fifty for the made to measure outfit - how absurdly cheap is that and only taking a few days. There will be more pictures of the modelled finished outfit in time - maybe!!

I am also hoping to go and see where the fabric is actually dyed and the tying design work is done - I hope so anyway.