Dubrovnik Stash

There are numerous textile sellers on Dubrovnik's old town streets. All purport to be selling handmade items. Very few of them are actually plying their craft at their stalls. I broke down and bought this lovely cloth from one of them. It's very plain linen with a satin stitch border of flowers with a line of slinge around the inside (really well done) and a hemstitched hem. It cost me twenty euros, a pretty good price, I think.

I also found a fabric shop! It was tucked away in one of the streets in the lower portion of the old quarter, fairly close to the Poor Claires monastery. She had a small inventory - a couple of needlepoint kits, some fabrics, and more trims. She also stocked a lot of shades of the local perle cotton. I bought these trims for my crazy quilting. The braided ribbons are dark blue and green. She had other colors - buff, red, and orange - but these were the ones I liked best. I've got a bit of a fascination for eyelets these days, so I bought the white. Now to figure out what to do with them. In sum, the cost was less than ten dollars.