05 August 2009

couverture and cloth

Yesterday, I met Monica and Ali at Paddington for our much-anticipated day out in London. We started in Notting Hill with visits to Books for Cooks and Pedlars...

then continued on to Westbourne Grove, where the shops and cars were as lovely as each other!

On our loop back to the Tube station, we discovered Couverture, which carries a spot-on mix of womenswear, toys, home goods, and vintage bits:

Then it was on to The Cloth House, where we oohed and aahed over two floors of the most beautiful linen, shirting, and suiting fabrics:

I'm now feeling inspired to get out my sewing machine...

which, thankfully, is a bit more up-to-date than this one!

But all our finds pale in comparison with the companionship and conversation. I wish we could get together more often.

10 comments:

  1. How true! Such lovely images, I especially love the bicycle.

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  2. You always, always find the most wonderful places to shop! I can see I'm going to have to try to book you for a guided tour one of these days!

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  3. What beautiful shops you manage to find. I've made a list of all the places to visit whan I'm in London.

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  4. All that walking. Such martyrs to shopping!

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  5. Great links - thanks. I cannot understand why I have never been to the cloth shop I think that's a Karma Kar, isn't it? My brother had an orange one as his wedding car. It looked fab and the driver was lovely.

    http://www.karmakabs.com/

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  6. Beautiful, evocative pictures, Kristina!

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  7. I didn't see you taking so many pictures!! they're fab.

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  8. I'm with Monica - you stealth photographer, you! Lovely reminders of the day.

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  9. My sewing machine isn't more up too date!

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