Dress Giveaway: Shabby Apple - CONTEST ENDED

Half Dome dress - Shabby Apple - Retail Value $92

Enter for your chance to win this beautiful dress by Shabby Apple. You will select a number between 1 and 100. At the end of the contest I will choose a number with a number generator from random.org, so it will truly be random. The contest starts today and ends Friday, April 22nd 2011 at 5pm Central Standard Time! Winners will be chosen that evening, and contacted with further details and instructions on how to get the dress.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. "Like" Shabby Apple's Facebook page.

2. Add me, Jillian Rueter, as a friend on Facebook.

3. Enter a number in the comments beneath the photograph of the dress in my album on Facebook.

That's it! Best of luck :)

UPDATE:
The contest is now over. The winner is Jennifer Ferraro from Utah, USA! Congratulations!

Fresh Femme Knitwear

Isn't this colorway yummy?
Lila Hudson cable knit cape scarf - $101

I like the sweet pink yarn that makes up this sweater.
Spring and Clifton Suspender pink knit with garter clips in front and back - $106

This is a versatile piece, and will impress the grandmas in your life,
due to its handmade construction.
Finders Keep openwork crochet cardigan - $115

Ausungate

What: Screening of the film Ausangate

When: May 1, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.

Where: Museum of International Folk Art

Admission: Free to NM residents, $9 out-of state

Join film director Andrea Heckman for a special screnning of Ausangate.Based on more than 20 years of anthropological research, Ausungate reveals how the Quecha weavers make textiles encoded with symbolic images that reinforce ancestral beiefs during rituals and in everday life.  Four Quecha people's stores are told against the backdrop of high Andean lakes and mountains showing a harsh existence possible only through a strong symbiotic relationship to their alpacas and llamas.  Visually cinematic, the film carries a deep message of survival and cultural continuity in an environment with elevations over 14,000 feet. By Museum admission, New Mexico residents with I.D. free on Sundays, Museum of New Mexico Foundation members and youth 16 and under always free!

For more information, contact Aurelia Gomez at 505-476-1211 or aurelia.gomez@state.nm.us

For your enjoyment, traditional Quecha woven patterns can look like this, in today's fashion:

Learn more about these designs at the Awamaki Lab and shop the Awamaki Store