finding my fun

It has been a bustling year at the mirasa workshop. Constantly on the go from concept & product visualization to production. Setting goals and rearranging life. So many little steps to make the leap, to jump and stride forward. There is always something left on that list as the day ends...and whatever that means!

But finding time to monkey around in the day makes it all so much more fun. 
Finding my fun; as I like to call it. 
Whether it's riding through Rock Creek Park, balancing upside down on the yoga mat or reading on the roof. It's a place that makes the day dissolve. A space for new ideas and more mirasa. 

Remember to find your fun!

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nostalgia

whimsical cotton quilts

Cooling soft cotton, bursting Bombay heat, colour, colour and more colour... 

Designing this line has pulled me back into the days of my childhood in Bombay.

Waking up with reluctance to the school day ahead. Just wanting to linger in

the softness of my cotton quilt and my world for a little longer...just a little longer?

hand carved blocks used to print
my elephant quilt

It’s taken over six months to develop this collection. The teak blocks are carved by hand and printed onto fabric, of course also by hand. The colours are somewhat unpredictable depending on humidity, dryness, sunlight-  elements we have little control over...and admittedly quite liberating. The uniqueness of each elephant, monkey, lion and tiger embraces the unpredictability of finding beauty within imperfection. 

The dye is part of the fabric and print part of the dye, making the fabric soft, and still softer when hand quilted with a layer of Indian cotton.

The softness is comforting; The prints whimsical.

Yes, this is  handmade imagination!

Photos: Stacey Vaeth

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cheers!

A New Year brings a new tide. As we wrap up 2011 with gratitude I look forward with excitement to the offerings of the New Year. My goal, ever forward.

photo: stacey vaeth

Thank you all for a wonderful 2011. It has been a fun year for us.
Wishing you all the best in 2012.
Happy New Year!
Aashumi
mirasadesign.com

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Lets Do. No Reaction.

Lets Do. No Reaction.

These words have become part of my mantra this past month. I just finished my 200 
hour intensive yoga teacher training with Heather Seagraves at Quiet Mind Studio in Washington DC. We only held Parivritta Utkatasana (revolved fierce pose) for 10 breaths...yesss, I was so ready to untwist and spring back up to straight legs; Sigh and make facials with my fellow yogis. “No Reaction” said Heather “Lets Do, Utkatasana on the left side”. 

At Quiet Mind Studio with Heather & gang on our last day of training.
8.26.2011

My mirasa wall

Saturday 8.13 wasn’t quite as stormy as today with Irene passing through. The clear summer sky suddenly whirled up into a grey and we felt the air change at Eastern Market. I just stood there with mirasa’s My Fun, hands on hips staring up and just being. Day dreaming. 

“Aashumi!!! can we help you pack? It’s about to storm!! Where are the plastic bags? Do you have any? Just tell us what to do!” Sunny and Jenna came out of no where to my rescue, and just in time. Thank you, my co- work study yogis from Past Tense Studio. For the first time in my life I was calm and with out panic.
It was just rain. 

Lets Do. No Reaction. 

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