When we arrived in Mirepoix at the beginning of the holiday, a visit to the tourist office informed me that there was to be a "Marche du Couture" 21st and 22nd May! What luck!!
So, on Saturday 21st, bright and early, we went along to the town centre to have a nosey.
Lots of goodies!
...and these are some that I couldn't leave behind...
Lovely vintage buttons...
...and some beautiful old lace...
..delightful little squares..
.and some broderie anglais and cotton lace edging...
I've finally fished them out to photograph, but will now have to think of something "pretty" to do with them :-)
Maybe along these kind of lines...
which was done one day at the tent after this butterfly wing had floated onto the table..
I also found some really old hand-written letters that I had to bring back...
Such beautiful, tiny handwriting, on delicate papers.
I've photocopied them, so I have plenty to use and can still keep the originals safe.
Most of my time is now going to be taken up with preparations for the Festival of Quilts. Bloke is putting up shelves as I type, and we'll be assembling our stand in the living-room just to see exactly what we have to play with.
Boxes of dyed threads, fabrics and bits are piling up everywhere, but there's still a lot to do.
Today, I've had time off dyeing and winding in order to get properly started on some display samples for the stand.
I'm re-visiting my henna sketchbook...
...and expanding the theme....
I'll explain more next time, when there should be some bits to show...
