Last week, I have sewn spring nightgowns for my 2 daughters.

I use a nice cotton fabric printed with big strawberries. For my older daughter I used a Simplicity pattern, for the young one I created it myself with a nightgown she already have.

In my area (semi-rural area, about 20 miles from Paris), I can't find well-stocked fabric stores. I use to go to Paris about twice a year to buy a lot of fabric.

In Paris, near a place well-known by tourists called "Sacré-coeur", on the "Butte Monmartre", there is the most famous fabric store of Paris. It is called "Le marché Saint Pierre".

In this place you can find everything you want, from very cheap cottons to beautiful silk and embroidery.

I love to go there, even if I have to take a nearly 2 hours train trip to reach it (I never take my car to go to Paris, to much traffic, and no places to park).

I went there last october, and I still have some fabric left !

I use to sew most of the nightgowns and pajamas for my family, they are easy to sew, I can use very pretty printed fabric. In stores, night wear is often very poor quality with ugly cartoons characters on it .