WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 200 Indian handicrafts to benefit Bread & Roses one-time chance to buy In- dian handicrafts that are normally sold at Gumps and Neiman Mareus occurs this, weekend at the Bread & Roses Benefit Sudha Sale in Corte Madera. Designer Sudha Pen- nathur, a Bread & Roses board member, will donate her entire warehouse of merchandise from the past few years to the sae. ‘Taking center stage will be the Christmas items, designed by master craftsmen of Agra, whose forefathers were the dressmakers to the Mughal Kinds. “Here we feature tree skirts and stockings embellished with semi: precious stones of aventurine and ‘garnets with gold-dipped threads. especially Christmas omaments, Many of the patterns are contem- will cst justa few dollars, she said. porary, but with a twist. Ihave A former Levi Strauss employ- adapted floral and vine patterns ee, Pennathur lives in Tiburon found in the inlay work on the Taj and started the sale out of her Mahal,” Pennathur said hhome four years ago. This year, it She began more than 20 years will be held in the Town Center ‘ago, commissioning and importing shopping mall, in the old Good ‘examples of some of India’snation- Guys location ally recognized artisans and selling “I am expecting a fair crowd them to fine retailstores and muse- this year,” she said. tums, she took traditional pieces ll the profits will be donated and “modemized them, fixed them to Bread & Roses, which provides up for current vse.” using tradi- live music performances to shut- tional patterns and designs. in and incarcerated people in Bay ‘Metal lanterns for outdoor use; Area institutions. wall hangings with tiny mirrors, Bread &: Roses Benefit Sudha owry boxes inlaid with bone, pa- Sale is 10 a.m.-5 pm. Saturday pler-mached or studded with ew= and 11 a.m_4 p.m. Sunday, Town els; games; and a wealth oftestiles Center, Corte Madera. You can will befor sale. get information online at www. With heavy discounts, none of breadandroses.org or www:penna the homedecor items will cost thur.com. ‘more than $280, and many things, Laura Thomes Handicrafts att Bread & Roses Benefit Sudha Sale include Christmas stockings hand- embroidered wit omaments from India, $1 to $7; and the Oy Vey Pillow, $25,