Frou-Frou — Local services in Paris

I am a quilter from US and was looking for a French fabric store. This one had beautiful fabric, but not as much as you would typically find in an American quilt shop. Most seemed to be cotton and wider than our typical 45” bolts. She had some lovely florals. What was really neat were the ribbons made of the same materials. They were only about 1.5€/m. She also had some really interesting lace like ribbon (reminded me of tatting). Both were unusual to me. They seemed to have quite a few bag patterns and clothing patterns. I didn’t see anything actually quilted so don’t expect that kind of quilt shop. The lady I met doesn’t speak much English. I think some of the poor reviews are because they expected her to and she may have come across as rude in her inability to communicate. When I made an effort to understand her and was kind to her, she was very kind and we did fine. We Americans can be so arrogant in our expectation of everyone else to speak English when we’re in...

I’ve read the other reviews before my visit and spoke French to the shop lady. She was nice and helpful! The selection of wool, yarns, buttons, tools, ribbons and scrap tissues are amazing. It is hard to find a good haberdashery in Paris, so I really appreciate this shop! Note: Their website does not work due to low security,...

Accueil désagréable. La vendeuse, seule un samedi, nous a ignorées avec ma fille lorsque nous sommes entrées dans la boutique. Elle a continué à le faire lorsque nous avons nous-même trouvé 2 crochets en libre service. Prêtes à payer, la vendeuse a continué à nous ignorer en servant une cliente qui en avait pour un bout de temps et qui est arrivée après nous. Lui demandant si nous pouvions payer simplement (j'ai failli laisser la monnaie!), elle nous a répondu n'avoir que 2 bras (comme nous) et que comme je ne travaillais pas (en général) je ne pouvais pas comprendre. Que cette mauvaise vendeuse sache que les clients du samedi sont pour la plupart des "travailleurs" du lundi au vendredi et que c'est nécessaire pour payer 2 crochets bien plus chers que sur internet! Je suis allée 2 fois dans cette boutique et c'est...