I know lots of you were excited that I was fortunate enough to meet Tany last Wednesday, so here is a small report for you. :)
Trust me, friends, despite all the goodness that transpires through her blog, Tany is even more wonderful in real life!
Trust me, friends, despite all the goodness that transpires through her blog, Tany is even more wonderful in real life!
With Tany's permission I am posting this picture of her...
Take this as a gift to you :)
Take this as a gift to you :)
(my hair is usually considered dark! It looks so light here, set against Tany's beautiful mane)
In the picture, we were having sandwiches on the steps of the Opéra Garnier after shopping for fabric. It was the first sunny day in a long time... it was a perfect day! The weather was too gorgeous to have lunch indoors. I even removed my coat and scarf and pulled up my sleeves (we had been having some close to freezing temps for 2 weeks)!
Some of you may recognize the coat Tany made earlier this year... Let me tell you, it is amazing up close. So haute couture. Tany's hard work and delicate hand-sewn details certainly pay off.
Boy, did we talk. About fabrics, sewing, techniques how we came to sewing, cats, blogs, blogging friends, everything. I think we could easily spend a whole week together and still be chatting just as much.
We went to the Bouchara fabric store, where the selection is getting decidedly better and better every time I visit. Many fabrics there are expensive, but the value is better than in most of the fabric district (the high-quality fabrics are less expensive here). There is also a selection of more reasonably priced fabrics, although I know they would seem expensive for those of you in the US.
After browsing all our heart's content, we both picked one fabric, but chose it at length! Tany also taught me some great stuff about knit interfacing and I got some thanks to her advice.
Tany's coming to Paris was such thrilling news. I kept thinking about it in the weeks before she came, and it helped cheer me up in difficult times.
Now I keep thinking about the time we spent together - in terms of the joy our friendship brings me, but also of the inspiration provided by Tany's skill and talent. I am even more inspired than before by her sewing, now that I got to feel her passion in real life. Sure, I am passionate about sewing, too - but Tany is passionate about sewing exquisitely.
Merci, Tany!! We have to meet again
Boy, did we talk. About fabrics, sewing, techniques how we came to sewing, cats, blogs, blogging friends, everything. I think we could easily spend a whole week together and still be chatting just as much.
We went to the Bouchara fabric store, where the selection is getting decidedly better and better every time I visit. Many fabrics there are expensive, but the value is better than in most of the fabric district (the high-quality fabrics are less expensive here). There is also a selection of more reasonably priced fabrics, although I know they would seem expensive for those of you in the US.
After browsing all our heart's content, we both picked one fabric, but chose it at length! Tany also taught me some great stuff about knit interfacing and I got some thanks to her advice.
I got this deep cranberry polyester in the coat fabrics section for the Simplicity 3631 jacket. It feels very soft, like wool.
Tany's coming to Paris was such thrilling news. I kept thinking about it in the weeks before she came, and it helped cheer me up in difficult times.
Now I keep thinking about the time we spent together - in terms of the joy our friendship brings me, but also of the inspiration provided by Tany's skill and talent. I am even more inspired than before by her sewing, now that I got to feel her passion in real life. Sure, I am passionate about sewing, too - but Tany is passionate about sewing exquisitely.
Merci, Tany!! We have to meet again
34 comments:
I am so jealous that you got to meet up with Tany and I am so jealous that Tany got to meet up with you!! You both look so content in that picture - I guess good sewing friends have a way of making a person happy!
I really hope some day to meet both of you.
I, am painfully jealous.
It sounds like such an ideal meeting of the minds, Isabelle! I'm so happy you not only met, but that you enjoyed the anticipation of meeting so much! :) That cranberry poly you chose for lining is gorgeous! And I can't believe Tany made that absolutely incredible coat!!!!
you both look amazing, like having the best time ever. Isn't it amazing how we fibre-friends just connect via internet?
Thank you so much for sharing! What a great visit and beautiful day for being out shopping. I am happy for you, but jealous, too!
Oh how wonderful for both of you! You look like best friends in that photo, and very happy! I, too, am jealous. You poor girls, if either of you visit the states you're going to spend all your time visiting with sewing bloggers :-)
Such a sweet picture of the two of you! Thanks for sharing it!
Sounds like a perfect day :)
Thanks for the gift of the photo of Tany. I always thought she would be beautiful - and she is! You both look lovely there. And doesn't her coat look amazing?
I am jealous of both of you. And nice fabric. Love the colour.
What a treat for both you and Tany to be able to spend this time together. A lovely picture of the two of you enjoying a wonderful day.
Isn't it just amazing and wonderful to meet up with sewing friends from blogland or the sewing boards?! I am glad that you had a great time together and that we got to hear about it and see a picture of it!
What a perfect day for both of you. The two of you look gorgeous on the steps. Thanks for sharing your day and the pictures.
Hello my dear Isabelle !
It seems to me you had a very good shopping day. It make me think that I didn't do a "between girls' day" for an eternity ...
Have a good sunday (even without sun) with your love ...
Big kisses.
Dear Isabelle so happy for you that you were able to meet up with Tany. Nothing like spending a day with a like minded friend. Looks like the weather was smiling over you both.
Dear Isabelle, sounds like you both had a wonderful time together. What a sweet picture of the two of you!
(((hugs)))
My dear Friend Isabelle, meeting you was magical! It brings up a smile into my face every time I think of us, together, chatting like crazy about everything, knowing how little time there was and how much we had to say to each other! Visiting Paris was wonderful and even more after we've met! You are a sweet, kind and wonderful person and meeting you was a great honour! {{{Isabelle}}}
So glad you had a good time Isabelle!!!! You two look so happy!!!
You sound like you had a fantastic time with your friend. You both look so happy and relaxed in the photo.
Even the little glimpse of that coat shows how intricate the detailing is.....in real life it must be very detailed. Kudos to Tany :)
You're both very clever seamstresses (is that the right word for plural seamstress? ) Lol, and me a native speaker too.....
Sounds like a fun day and a good friendship sealed. You two look great and am so glad that you had a wonderful time. Love the color of your polyester fabric. Can't wait to see it made up. Have been following Tany's tutorials and it's hard to believe that she has been sewing for such a short time.
Glad that y'all had a chance to get together.
Both of you look great.
You both look so comfortable together, I am sure ( and jealous ) you had a wonderful time together.
I cannot believe that you both just chose one fabric :-). But - the cranberry one is really beautiful and I am curious to see Tany´s in her blog.
So wonderful and fun to see this photo from your meeting--you both look so very happy! Off to see Tany's blog for the first time...Happy week, my friend ((HUGS))
What a great photo of two beautiful and talented ladies! I'm glad that you were able to spend some time together. :)
How lovely you had a nice meeting together :)
I'm glad you had a wonderful time together, although I would expect nothing else! Thanks for sharing.
How fantastic to have had such a nice visit with your friend - you are both so beautiful, the Parisian men must have been mystified!!
I'm not jealous, I swear ;-)
Really fantastic that you could meet. You wrote a enthousiastic post that has the spirit of the day in it.
What a pleasure to see you both in the same picture! I'm so glad you got to meet.
What a real treat for you both! So much fun and so much in common. Love the picture-it looks great. I am sure that this is only the beginning of more meetings.
What a wonderful post. The passion both of you have for sewing is amazing - sewing clothing is such a mysterious thing to me. Like magic!
You have godd friend!Your choosed cloth is very beautiful!!
What fun to be able to meet up with your friend Tany and hang out and talk and shop. I'm so glad you had a good time, and it sounds as if the weather was great for your outing as well.
Your dress Summerset tuned out wonderful, it looks so rich and elegant. You do such lovely sewing.
Sue
SUCH a beautiful photo of both of you :)
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