Harts Fabric in Santa Cruz, CA

Founds everything at Harts Fabric 

Sew Liberated pattern

probably my first try-out

Fat quarters

Modkid pattern, mini nina for American Girl dolls,

Oliver's patterns,

Voile cotton, Swiss dot cotton, 

Imported Japanese Vinyl Coated Laminated Fabric

Trip to France, Part 3: Paris will always be Paris

I had just a couple of days to cover Paris, so I did it through shopping from one district to another one

Fron top left

Montmartre 

Sacre coeur

Montparnasse mural

Empty subway car

Place Edgar Quinet

A few store display

Knit shop in Montmartre

Chocolat shop in left bank

Atelier Rrose Selavy, learn to knit with Mlle Sophie

L'Oisivethé, great selection of tea and yarn

1. Alice from Juno from L'Oisivethé, pure softness in baby alpaca/silk/cashmere

2. Bias from La Droguerie, my little guilty pleasure

3. Buttons from Tissu reine, 4 floors of fabrics, buttons, ribbons...

4. Bensimon snickers, with liberty laces, a must for all Parisian fashionista this summer!!

1. Voile cotton and batiste from La Droguerie

2. Small pieces of  fabric for 1 euro at a local farmer market

3. Vinyl fabric for bathroom pouch from Cultura

4. the ultimate shopping bag from Bonton, a must!!

5. More little pieces of fabric from farmer market

6. Liberty voile cotton from Entrée des fournisseurs

7. New fabric collection from Frou-frou found at Mercerie Moline

8. Fat quarters of floral prints from Frou-frou found at Mercerie Moline

Some great books and patterns

Motifs et compagnie found at Lil Weasel

Toute la couture found at Japanese bookstore

Aime comme Marie pant pattern found at Lil Weasel too

I couldn't resist for this new collection of "couture facile" from Frou-frou at the Moline mercerie.

This shop is a zoo but if you find the nice lady to help you it is a very nice experience.

A little story of . . . Liberty of London

I am venturing into sewing,   little by little,   because it overwhelms me every time I pull my sewing machine

Liberty of London fabric, June meadow navy from Drygoods Designs

Finally a nice store for my favorite fabric...

I wanted to make a scarf so I bought 2 pieces of 1/2 yard each

I washed the fabric, let it dry

Then iron it a little, with a mix of tap water and my perfume

Then I folded the fabric, right side face to face and sew about 1/2 cm seam.

Return the fabric on right side and iron again

Repeat for the 2nd scarf!!

New baby books

Everything for baby - Adelaide d'Andigné

Sample handcrafted projects with patterns

Making children's clothes - Emma Hardy

25 stylish step by step sewing projects for 0-5 years, including full size patterns

Baby eating in fashion!!

My first try of a baby bib, a little scared it would be too small, but not at all, it fits her well ☺

Fabric, White terrycloth from Joann's

red fabric with white poka dots from Michael Levine in LA

Homemade covered button and cherry appliqué

Pattern from "Les intemporels de bébé"

An little bit of fabric

I have an idea of a kid's suitcase...