French General

Life in France

The Japanese have arrived for the a
and everything is more “kawaii”!
Thank you to Junko Miyazaki for bringing her wonderful students to our home in France to live the life of French countrywomen! ♥️🇫🇷

“The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts” Paul Ehrlich

If I’ve learned nothing else in France, I’ve learned that the French are masters at saving it all.
At the brocantes or vide greniers, we often come upon someone’s former sewing basket, workshop box, or kitchen drawer. One can almost reconstruct a life from the fragments: the hem that was going to be fixed, the empty music cards, the unwritten mourning letters - as if nothing is ever truly meant to be thrown away. One more reason to love France ♥️

A week in France with is always filled with color and lots of tiny stitches. Thank you to everyone who joined us in Week One of our - it was the best week so far! 😉

That feeling when you are just days away from leaving for France for two months and you want to clean up the studio - but you also can’t throw away a single scrap! These tiny scrap rolls will keep all the old bits and pieces in a safe place♥️

Kits are packed and shipped to France in preparation of our upcoming creative retreat. It takes us months to organize- but that’s half the fun - pulling ideas, colors and projects together.
We’re so excited to host and in our studio this summer ♥️🇫🇷

Sale extended! Let’s keep this party going for another couple of days! ♥️
We’re having too much fun cutting up fabric for all of these beautiful orders! Use discount code ilovefrenchgeneral for 20% off all of our past Moda collections♥️ Discount good through Wednesday March 25th!

Saturday, March 21st is World Quilting Day - and we’re here for it! We’ve collaborated with for almost 20 years and designed over 45 collections of quilting fabric. ♥️
It’s time to let some of it go! For one day only we are offering 20% off of all of our past collections, including: Antoinette, French Sashiko, Tres Jolie, Chateau de Chantilly, Rouenneries Trois, French Ginghams, Joie de Vivre and Sacre Bleu.
If you’re looking for something older, drop us a note at [email protected] and we will dig through our archives!
One day only - from midnight Friday to midnight Saturday. Just enter ilovefrenchgeneral as your discount code when checking out for 20% off your fabric order. ♥️

Want to get your hands on our Fall Collection, Jardin Rouge, early? Sign up for our Stitching from France Zoom Workshop - offered on three different mornings in May - coming to you live from our beautiful studio in France.
We talk about all things fabric and France, encourage a daily stitching practice, and introduce you to some of our visiting artists. This is a fun gathering and you can sign up with a kit or you can use your own materials and join us for the chat.
Kits are being made now and will ship beginning of April. Sign-ups for kits will close soon - don’t wait! More information through link on profile page ♥️

Each summer we gather in an old house in the French countryside to stitch, wander village streets, search for treasures, share Charlotte’s home-cooked meals, and connect with women who have come from around the world.
As we prepare for this summer’s France Getaway, one room has opened in Week 6.
If you’ve dreamed of a quiet escape to France — slow days, beautiful textiles, antique markets, and the company of like-minded women — we would love to welcome you.
Please write to [email protected] for details♥️