Re: fabric stores in Europe??

[SewStorm]

Christy, I hope you're going to Paris! There are some wonderful places to shop
there, including, but not limited to, Montmartre, which has at least a dozen
fabric stores. There's also a wonderful button and yarn shop near Les Halles. I
thought I had a link to it, but can't seem to find it. But I found it through
Google, so hopefully you also can.

And if you go to Florence, a must-see is Casa dei Tesutti. Wonderful (mostly
Italian) fabrics, beautiful store, and handsome Italian men to wait on you.
What more could you ask? LOL

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

[Sally Holmes]

Planet Internet Nieuws wrote:
> I am about to embark on a two month tour of Europe next month (can't
> wait!) and I'm hoping you all can tell me about some textile-related
> stores, museums, etc. to visit while I'm there.

In London: the V&A Museum in Knightsbridge and Libertys in Oxford Street.
There are many other fabric shops in and around Berwick Street, near
Liberty, that are worth looking at.

--
Sally Holmes
Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England

[Harri Kulju Erin Winslow]

"Planet Internet Nieuws" > skrev i meddelandet
...
> I am about to embark on a two month tour of Europe next month (can't
wait!)
> and I'm hoping you all can tell me about some textile-related stores,
> museums, etc.

If you are coming to Sweden, be sure to visit the Textile Museum in Borås.
Their website is only in Swedish, but there is a brochure in English that I
can snail mail you if you would like to send me your address. This museum is
definitely a must see!!!

hth
Erin Winslow

[Kate Dicey]

Sally Holmes wrote:
>
> Planet Internet Nieuws wrote:
> > I am about to embark on a two month tour of Europe next month (can't
> > wait!) and I'm hoping you all can tell me about some textile-related
> > stores, museums, etc. to visit while I'm there.
>
> In London: the V&A Museum in Knightsbridge and Libertys in Oxford Street.
> There are many other fabric shops in and around Berwick Street, near
> Liberty, that are worth looking at.
>
> --
> Sally Holmes
> Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England

Liberty no longer has fabric.

Southall has lots of Indian fabric shops, and there's my favourite out
at Wembley - BL Joshi UK ltd. Aladdin's cave for fabric, that place!
:)
--
Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

[claire.owen]

Kate Dicey wrote:
|| Sally Holmes wrote:
|||
||| Planet Internet Nieuws wrote:
|||| I am about to embark on a two month tour of Europe next month
|||| (can't wait!) and I'm hoping you all can tell me about some
|||| textile-related stores, museums, etc. to visit while I'm there.
|||
||| In London: the V&A Museum in Knightsbridge and Libertys in Oxford
||| Street. There are many other fabric shops in and around Berwick
||| Street, near Liberty, that are worth looking at.
|||
||| --
||| Sally Holmes
||| Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
||
|| Liberty no longer has fabric.
||
|| Southall has lots of Indian fabric shops, and there's my favourite
|| out at Wembley - BL Joshi UK ltd. Aladdin's cave for fabric, that
|| place! :)
|| --
|| Kate XXXXXX
|| Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
|| http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
|| Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Also if it's still there the musem of costume in Bath, lovely place if my
memory does not decieve me, inspiration for my bridesmaids dresses. I was
having a 1930's moment.

Claire

[SewStorm]

>If you are coming to Sweden, be sure to visit the Textile Museum in Borås.

And I believe you can get a factory tour of Husqvarna Viking, which is in
Sweden, but I can't think of the city it's closest to.
Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

[Harri Kulju Erin Winslow]

"SewStorm" > skrev i meddelandet
...
> >If you are coming to Sweden, be sure to visit the Textile Museum in
Borås.
>
> And I believe you can get a factory tour of Husqvarna Viking, which is in
> Sweden, but I can't think of the city it's closest to.

Husqvarna. :-) (yeah, I'm a smart-ass!)

It's near Jönköping and about 1 hours drive east from Borås.

hth

Erin Winslow

[Anne-Charlottte Stawström]

If you're in Sweden you should also visit the Silk Mill in Stockholm. Still
producing silk with old methods. See
http://www.kasiden.se/english.htm for more information.

Anne-Charlotte
"SewStorm" > wrote in message
...
> >Husqvarna. :-) (yeah, I'm a smart-ass!)
>
> You're kidding me! Is there really a city in Sweden called Husqvarna? Love
it!
>
> Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati
>