Lanka Mahila Samithi handicrafts sale

By Sarath Malalasekera

The Lanka Mahila Samithi will hold its annual sale of handicrafts at the Girls Friendly Society, Green Path, Kollupitiya, Colombo 3 on November 27 at 10 a.m.

The Chief Guest will be the Canadian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Angela Bogdon.

A variety of attractive handicrafts produced by members of the Rural Samithi in several districts will be on sale. There will be fine crochet, beeralu lace and lace inserted table cloths and teapot covers and cushions with traditional Sinhala embroidery from the South while the Kalutara district Samithi will put on sale sleeping mats, sewing boxes, hambili for coins, coasters and other rare products.

Baskets of various types and sizes, table mats and other household articles from raw materials such as hana, watakeiya, ekel and cane from Kegalle and other districts will vie with Dumbara wall hangings, purses and letter holders from the Kandy area.

Another attraction will be the smocked children's frocks, night dress sets and baby dresses from Bulathsinhala.

There will also be a variety of batik items including kaftans, shirts, sarongs, wall hangings and table cloths with napkins to match and also attractively drawn thread linen table cloths with napkins. Tablemats with lace edging as well as bed linen, dusters and a choice of pottery.