La Droguerie

A little trip to Paris last week. And for me, going to Paris means visiting and shopping at La Droguerie, my favorite haberdasher's shop. They have their own production and dyeing of great quality yarns. In this wonderful shop you can find quilting fabrics, Liberty fabrics, all sorts of threads, buttons, beads, ribbons... as well as catalogues with their great patterns for children or adults.

I remember when this shop was created in 1975, I was one of their first customer and so happy to find cashmere yarn, out of which I knitted a sweater for the one who became and still is my husband!

Coming back to Athens I started knitting a little jacket for my 3 years old grandson.

I am as well progressing my giant hexagon quilt top.

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Paris

Pink building

Theatre

Rue Cadet - Paris 9e

Rue du Faubourg Montmartre - Paris 9e

5 rue Versigny - Paris 18e

5 rue versigny - Paris 18e

Passage Jouffroy - Paris 9e

Antiques

Book shop

Art

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Arts & Crafts

Mercerie

Mercerie

I came back from France last week and I am happy to share with you those few "postcards" of the places I like to visit when I stay in Paris. They are very few pictures because I was often forgetting my camera, or I did not want to carry to much burden. Next time I hope to make a better and more dense report of the hundreds of places I love in Paris. 

As regards quilting shops, my favorite one "Le Rouvray", that was ruled by an American woman, had closed last year. There is another one that I went to, but I did not decide to buy anything from there, plus I had not my camera, so no picture of a quilting shop! 

I stayed in Paris for almost one month, and I was so busy visiting family and friends that I did not do the least stitch, neither did I knit, although I intended to, as I bought yarns from the little shop shown above.

Now it's time to work on a new quilting project. I have another order from a friend in Paris who just became grandmother of a little girl. So let's start again a new baby quilt!

Have a wonderful week!

Christine