Paris revisited again

I bought fabric last year when Lynda and I went to Paris and finally got my nerve up to cut it.  This is the fabric from Le Rouvary Quilt shop that has the shop name on the fabric.  The fabric is called Romance de Paris Hearts and Flowers.  It doesn't really match anything in my house but I really liked it so I bought it.

I paid 4 Euros for 2 fat quarter pieces and the shop owner gave us some of her leftover scraps.  If you calculate it into Canadian dollars it is almost 7 dollars per fat quarter.  Well I am only going to be in Paris once in this lifetime so I bought it.

I had to piece the back of the cushion that I made because I wanted it to be made out of all Paris fabric.

I made the back envelope style

so that the cover can be taken

off if I wanted to.

Paris revisited and a new purse

My sister Lynda came to visit us over the Easter weekend so I can now post pictures of some of the things that I made a while ago.

When we were in Paris in August we purchased some fabric and since I had made her a New York City cushion cover she wanted me to make her one from the Paris fabrics.  I was able to make 2, one for her and one for me.

I found this Eiffel Tower on the Internet.

You can find a copy here.



We went to California and Lake Tahoe in November to go to another sister's wedding and Lynda picked up more fabric.  It is dangerous having her in a fabric shop as she buys the fabric and then I make the things for her.  I made her some new placemats this time.

I still have more fabric so I will either make

another cushion cover or a

table runner.

I also made myself a new purse.  I am officially the bag lady.  I can't seem to help it.  I see a pattern for a bag or purse and I just have to make it.  I wanted a new spring bag and this is it.

I made it a little smaller than what the pattern called for.

I like this size, just a medium size handbag.

It also has lots of pockets.

I put one more seam in to hold my cell phone and ipod,

otherwise, the pockets are all in use.



Possibilities Club

Our local Quilter's Guild has a club that meets the last Tuesday of every month except December and June where quilter's bring ideas or projects to share with the group.  This week Wendy and Sharon were the presenters and they brought specialty rulers to show the group.  Wendy brought the Deb Tucker Square 2 ruler used for making a square within a square block.

Sharon brought the Creative Grids 90 degree Double Strip ruler.

She also brought along a book that used this

ruler to make quilts.

This ruler makes quilt making go very fast

and is very efficient.

I fell in love with the ruler and book

so I went out to-day and

purchased them both.

While I was at Luci's shop I also purchased a pattern to make a cushion from my Paris fabric

"Romance de Paris from Le Rouvray shop".

This gorgeous fabric costs me a lot of Euros so I want

to be very careful about using it.

This is the cushion that was in the shop.

And this is the pattern that I purchased to make

this cushion.

There is also a table runner with this cushion

so I got 2 for 1.

I had a great shopping day and came home with a lot of loot.

Peggy.







The quilt shop was open, The Rouvary

Quiet day today. We slept in and had fresh croissants with cheese for brunch. We then went to the left bank again and the quilt shop was open. I bought 2 fat quarters of her fabric line " romance of Paris" for 5 euros each, that is $7.50 each. I will have to be sure make something with it, maybe a cushion. When we were leaving she kept handing us rolled up pieces of fabric. Some were fat eights and others smaller, it made up for the expense of the fat quarters. The fabric was very expensive but I think worth it. Then we took a free tour of the left bank by a student from the university. A good day.


I will post pictures of all the fabric when I get home.


When we got back to the hotel we spotted a laundromat so now we have clean clothes for another week.
Tomorrow we are taking the train to Vimy Ridge the sight of the Canadian war memorial from the first world war.


Peggy