Sarong & Ko is born!

Sarong & Ko

You can say you heard it first on this blog when Sarong & Ko is a household name ! Well that is perhaps a little optimistic but small steps and who knows..?! Now I had better explain about what Sarong & Ko are selling and who we are! We, are my next door neighbour Sophia and myself and the plan is to design and make clothes out of sarongs and we're both really excited about it. Sewing is something that I have always done and even though there have been times in my life when I haven't had time to sew, it is a hobby I am always pleased to return to and since I have been in Sabah the beautiful batik material has inspired me to make many different variations on the 2 yard sarong.

Sophia cutting out the sarong

The finished tunic !

 We are intending to start small and have a stall in the Sunday market when we make enough stock to look like we have something to sell! It is interesting that local people find it difficult to imagine a sarong in something other than a useful garment to have a shower or wear at home so I am encouraging Sophia to think outside the box and use it for other things. The other good thing is that I can continue to buy sarongs without feeling too guilty !

   The exciting news of this week is that I am going to Sri Lanka next weekend! I can't believe it really as I've only just booked the flights. Andrew is on his way to Sri Lanka as I write and he leaves on Tuesday week. I have a short school holiday next week and so we will overlap for nearly 4 days so with cheap Air Asia flights I decided to go for it. I will be staying for a week and hopefully travel around on my own for a few days with Gen's itinerary from her  recent trip there. Next week the blog will be from Colombo!!