Class started today at 9a.m. and we learned 3 different smocking techniques and also 4 different beading techniques. Our professor Anne Bizet is French but speaks English so we didn’t need a translator in class. Our schedule was changed this morning in class. The original plan for the afternoon was to work on smocking and in the last two hours of class we would go to the Sacre Coeur and then go to the fabric district and look around. The new schedule for the afternoon was to go right to the Sacre Coeur and then have the rest of the time to go fabric shopping. After eating lunch, Kate and I headed to the ATM to withdraw some money and then to the PAA where we were meeting. We left the school at about 1:15p.m. and too the bus which went right past Sacre Coeur. We took the elevator up the side of the hill to get to Sacre Coeur. The view from the hill was amazing! I could see a lot of Paris even though it was misting outside. The interior of the Sacre Coeur was beautiful! We weren’t allowed to take pictures inside. We also went into another church that has been there since the 12th Century. We were allowed to take pictures inside of that one and it was just as amazing! Right across from the church there is a square where many painters sit and paint pictures of the city and the people. It was really neat! It had started raining a little harder so we decided to take the elevator down again instead of the stairs. The whole group met up at the bottom of the hill and Anne showed us where the fabric, yarn, and accessory(buttons, ribbon etc.) stores were located. We were given about an hour and 45 minutes to look around then we could meet up and head back home. Kate and I went into the Chatmaille yarn store and I bought a really neat thick wool yarn. Many of the yarns that are sold here are the same ones that you would be able to find in the U.S. We also went into several other fabric stores two of them had several floors. The fabrics they have here are amazing! We headed back to the apartments at 5:30. We stopped at the boulangerie/patisserie right next door to pick up some bread to go with supper. We made tortellini for supper. I also picked up a framboise for dessert. I’ve been working on my knitted hat design all this evening. Tomorrow we do shibori dying all day.
The fashion design students at Sacre Coeur.
They city of Paris and I.
The three smocking techniques I learned.
The cathedral from the 12th century.
My Framboise.
An amazing fabric store!
My super bulky yarn.
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