French Inspired

I found only two gorgeous

stitchy shops

when I was away.

A fabulous tiny cross stitch shop,

in Briancon,

the walls covered

in stitched samples.

I could not leave these books behind ...

 

 

... so many beautiful designs

in these pages.

The hard part will be deciding which to

stitch first :)

 

Loved these magazines ...

whilst I have absolutely

no idea what the articles say,

the pictures are definitely worth

a thousand words.

 

 

 

The other little shop sold furnishing fabrics,

and oh my goodness,

if I lived in Briancon

that is where I would be buying my

curtain fabric from.

But...

they also had a stand

of divine laces and ribbons.

Well, it would have been wrong

not to take a sampling home with me :)

 

 

Nothing to do with stitching whatsoever,

I bought a little cow bell:) ...

 

... to remind me of the many walks I took,

because everywhere you went

you could hear the bells ringing.

At times,

depending on how many cows in the herd

were wearing bells,

it was like a musical :)

Quite extraordinary

and such a pretty sound.

 

A few of my treasures ...

 

Jenny :)