The tour

Let me take you to see sewing knitting and needlework shops off the beaten track.

You tell me about your interests and I make up a tour for you.

I pick you up at your hotel or in a place of your choice.

We whizz around Paris on foot, and by metro.

You need comfortable walking shoes.

A tour takes about four hours.

Some people buy, others just look. There's no pressure.

The price is 60 euros for one , 75 for two, coffee included.

For groups, please contact me.

You also need to provide your own metro tickets.

Sewing and Beading, in Paris for the first time:

10.am metro from the hotel to the most popular needlecraft shop

in the centre of Paris for beads ,yarn, buttons, trimmings and inspiring ideas

11.30 am bead beads beads

12 midday metro to a neighbourhood haberdashery for yarn, embroidery,

threads, sewing accessories..

12.30 short bus ride to vintage clothes shops crammed with treasures :

garments, shoes , jewellery

1pm a short walk to the fabric shopping area to see couture remnants,

beautiful buttons, leather, African wax, silks , cottons....where I left them to explore.

Tour for someone who's done the fabric district before :

10am first stop the costume makers fabric shop

10.45 metro out to the suburbs to look at old lace in a thrift store

12ish metro back to Paris to see fabrics, trims,

European patterns and yarn, buttons for dolls' clothes

1 pm metro to see bag catches clips handles chains grommets

Neighbourhood walking tour:

9.30 metro to costume makers fabric source

10.30 walk to quilting store ,then French suiting fabrics , then Italian yarns

12.30 metro to fabric district

Knitting and Crochet Special:

9.30 metro to the oldest department store in the world

10.30 neighbourhood store for Scandanavian yarns

11. coffee and Japanese inspiration

11.30 -1 small shops to see Habu , Fonty , Noro, Debbie Bliss, Holst Garn and artisan hand spun dyed yarns

1.30 the most famous French haberdashery for yarns ribbons trims beads buttons and queues