Curtains

 When I moved into the almshouse, the previous lady had left behind some good quality curtains - but a bit too floral for my tastes.  A year has passed, and I started thinking about changing the curtains round, so I went into Hereford this morning to look for some new ones.  I thought that it would be easy....

There used to be a shop that did made to measure curtains and blinds - but it's gone now.  So I went round all the big stores - no curtains.  And I went round the charity shops - some curtains, but not the sizes I needed.  Finally I tried fabric shops - I can always have a go at making my own.  The fabric shop behind the Green Dragon has gone - there's an interesting looking burger bar and bookshop there now.  And there used to be a good shop for patchwork in Capuchin Yard, but that seems to be selling general homeware now.

In the other fabric shop near Maylord Orchards, the lady was actually adjusting some curtains for a customer, and she told me the only place that sold ready made curtains was Dunelms - which is out of town, of course.  I have walked out there, when I wanted to go to the Hobbycraft shop that's in the same group of big shops, but getting a taxi from the railway station is easier.  Of course, I'd run out of time for today, if I wanted to catch the bus home, so that will have to be a project for another trip.