VINTAGE BEAUTY

A DAY WITH FRIENDS IN THE THROES OF LET'S MAKE A DEAL.....THERE IS A PLACE HERE THAT IS CALLED THE ART CENTER, AND IT IS WHERE MANY OF THE MISSIONARIES GO TO BUY LOCAL ARTS AND CRAFTS. ELDER TERRY IS WELL KNOWN THERE, AND I'M NOT AS RECOGNIZED. THE OTHER DAY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE OF THE MTC WANTED ELDER TERRY TO SHOW THEM THE ROPES OF THIS INTENSE BARGAINING SHOPPING. I WAS NOT SURE I WANTED TO EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN, BUT DECIDED TO BRAVE IT ONE MORE TIME. MY DEAR FRIEND ASSURED ME THAT IT WOULD BE FUN. I WAS SO GLAD I DID. ELDER TERRY GAVE A QUICK TOUR AND TURNED US ALL LOOSE. IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR EVERYONE TO SWAM YOU AND FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BEING SMOTHERED. SISTER ROBISON HAS THE MOST GIFTED EYES FOR BEAUTY I'VE EVEN SEEN. WE STARTED SHOPPING FOR VINTAGE KENTE CLOTHS AND CAME HOME WITH SEVERAL PIECES. AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE, A MAN BROUGHT OUT A STUNNING PIECE THAT WE COULDN'T BELIEVE. WE LEFT HEAVY HEARTED BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY BOUGHT OTHER ONES. AS WE WERE AT LUNCH, THE SELLER KEPT TEXTING PRESIDENT ROBISON COMING DOWN ON THE PRICE. SISTER ROBISON AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID THAT WE WOULD BUY IT AND HALF IT BETWEEN THE TWO OF US. THE DEAL WAS STRUCK AND THE CLOTH NOW BELONGS TO BOTH OF US. I LOVE THIS LADY AND WE BOTH TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WILL HAVE THE MEMORIES OF SHARING A PIECE OF VINTAGE GHANA KENTE TOGETHER. VINTAGE KENTE STRIPS ARE SMALLER, MADE MANY YEARS AGO BY WEAVERS THAT ARE NO LONGER LIVING WITH PATTERNS THAT ARE NOT WOVEN ANYMORE. THE PATTERNS ARE VERY INTRICATE. WHAT AN HONOR TO HAVE THIS PIECE IN THE YEARS TO COME TO KNOW THAT MY GOOD FRIEND HAS THE OTHER HALF. YOU MAY WONDER WHERE ELDER TERRY WAS....HE WAS IN THE BRASS SECTION WHERE HE LOVES TO FIND HIS TREASURES. BY THE TIME HE CAUGHT UP WITH US WE HAD STRUCK THE DEAL ON THESE WEAVINGS.

ALL HAPPY WITH OUR TREASURES OF COLORS. JUST PULL UP A CHAIR AND EVERYTHING IS BROUGHT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

SISTER ROBISON AND I WERE GIVEN OUR CHOICE OF CHOOSING A NECKLACE FOR FREE. WE DECIDED HOW COULD WE CHOOSE DIFFERENT ONES. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY WITH A BEAUTIFUL FRIEND.

OUR VINTAGE KENTE IN ALL IT'S SPLENDOR!

THE SEAMS ARE HAND STITCHED BETWEEN STRIPS SO HALVING IT WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM. UNBELIEVABLE HAND WORK!