Comprar teles a Paris

Quan vaig a una ciutat estrangera m'agrada anar a buscar teles i coses de costura, ja que potser no les trobaria a Zürich. A més, a Zurich no hi ha moltes opcions per trobar teles, així que aprofito si vaig a algun lloc. A Paris vaig anar al Marché Saint Pierre a Montmatre. Apart del Marché, hi han moltes botigues de teles al voltant.  Hi han molts tipus de robes, tot i que potser n'he vist des més maques. N'hi havien algunes molt mones de cotó però eren molt cares, 22 euros el metre!! El que si que em va agradar, és un lloc just al costat on venen restes o trosses de teles de uns 3 metres. Has de buscar i rebuscar però tenen bàsics (vichy, ralletes, seda de un color... ) a bon preu.
When I go to a foreign city, I like to look for fabrics and special things, that I maybe cannot find in Zürich. In Paris I went to the Marché Saint Michel in Montmatre. Apart from the Marché, you have a lot of other fabric shops around. There are very different types of fabrics, even thought not the nicests ones I have seen. There were some really nice ones in cotton, but really expensive, 22 euros a meter!!! What I like that most was a shop just nearby, where you could by fabrics pieces of around 3m. You had to look around among all fabrics but you had some basic fabrics at a very nice price.

Sorpresa sorpresa

De regal per una amiga li vaig preparar un dia sorpresa. I per comunicar-li on havia d'estar i el que necessitava, li faig "codificar" el missatge en un drap de cuina.  Vaig afegir els missatges en uns dibuixos que vaig imprimir en un paper especial i planxar en roba blanca de coto.  Amb una cinta en "ric-rac" per els "bordes" i ja està, fet! És molt fàcil de fer i jo trobo que m'ha quedat bastant bé.


As a gift for a friend I prepared her a suprise day. To tell her where she needed to be and what she needed to bring, I "codified" the message in a dishcloth. I added the message to some drawings that I printed in a special paper and iron into a cotton white fabric. With a ric-rac ribbon for the edges and that's it! It is really easy and quick to make and I think that it looks quite good!

Teles a casa meva

Fa molt temps que no "posto" res, ja que he estat treballant molt i després malalta.  I a més tot el que estic fent ara sòn regals i no vull penjar-los abans de tenir-los acabats i haver-los donat!

He decidit doncs ensenyar una utilitat que tenen les robes a casa meva. Les fem servir per a tapar una caixa que fa de taula per la impresora. Quan ho veig m'agrada com queda, tot i que penso que algun dia voldré fer alguna cosa amb aquesta robar i no podré. Però de totes maneres m'agrada com queda, es super fàcil de fer i no tenim una caixa tot cutre al despatx.

I haven't been posting for a long time, as I was working quite a lot and then I was sick. On top of that, everything that I'm working on are gifts and I don't want to show them until they are done and I have given them to the right people.

That is why I have decided to show an utility that we found for the fabrics in our home. We use them to cover an old box and turn it into a table for the printer. I like how it looks like, although one day I will want to use the fabric for something else and I won't be able to. But anyway, I like how it looks and it was really easy to do. At least we don't have an old box in the middle of our office.

More Purl Bee

Aquest cop és la meva germana que ha anat a New York i que m'ha portat teles del Purl Bee!

This time it was my sister that went to NY and that brought me some fabrics from the Purl Bee!

Teles del Purl Bee

He rebut aquestes teles del Purl Bee de New York (després de insitir molt als meus pares que hi anessin i em portessin algo del Purl Bee - la web està molt bé i tenen coses molt xules!). Ara he de pensar que fer amb les teles, tinc varies idees però com sempre, poc temps!

I got those fabrics from the Purl Bee in New York (after asking quite a lot of times to my parents to go there and buy something for me -the web is very nice and they have incredible stuff!). Now I have to think what to do with those, I have several ideas, but as always, no time!!!

Lotti's Welt

En aquesta botiga de Zürich, que també ven online, podreu trobar moltes teles i cintes, apart de mobles, joguines i roba per nens i nenes. Gaire totes les teles són de dissenys infantils, però es poden fer servir per moltes altres coses!!  Lotti's Welt

In this shop in Zürich, that also sells online, you can find a lot of fabrics and ribbons, as well as furniture, toys and clothes for kids. Almost all fabrics are designed for kids, but you can use them for a lot of different things!  Lotti's Welt