I don't have a specific purpose in mind for today's post other than to share with you all what I've been up to the past few days...
First I'll start with a new-to-me Quilt Shop located in Los Angeles that I visited this past Saturday. Sew Modern is (to me) the perfect quilt fabric store located in an area I don't frequent often but now that I know they are there, I have a feeling I will be getting to know the area quite well.
Sew Modern 10921 W. Pico Blvd Los Angeles CA 90064 |
Why do I think it is a perfect quilt fabric store: The store wasn't cutsey or huge, the store owner was wearing a darling dress made of an Anna Maria Horner Loulouthi pattern (instantly liked her....), the large wall of Kona solids and flannels and there were very creative modern quilts punctuating the walls all around. I recognized many popular quilting fabrics - so fun to see them in person and to compare in my mind how much they differ from my computer screen image. I enjoyed browsing but only purchased the Kona grey flannel backing and black cotton binding I need for the T-Shirt Quilt. Excited to have Sew Modern on my radar...I'll be back.
My boy had a birthday and I made him these:
Fourteen pancakes for the 14 yr old |
AC Milan cake |
Box Kite by Angela Pingel from 99 Modern Blocks |
No sewing/quilting for a few days as I'm knee deep in writing 8th Grade California Gold Rush Lesson plans and studying for two midterms next week. So much to do....need to make more time.
Hope you all have a great day~
Susan
The cake came out so great! also, I am envious of the shop. The shops here are very traditional.. no wall of kona solids.. *sad face* lol
ReplyIt sounds like the teaching is fun and going well, good luck with the lesson plans and the block!
ReplyGreat about the quilt shop and the birthday! ;-)
ReplyAlso good you found the problem with your block...I speak from experience RE: the template! And most fantastic of all is the teaching - how cool is that!? Engaging - excellent!!
You will be a fantastic teacher Susan! What is the cross trip on Pico? Sounds like a day trip to me!
ReplyTo make history engaging is quite the accomplishment!! Congrats! That sounds like a wonderful store, and birthdays are always good!
ReplyYour cake looks great! I am glad you found out what the problem was with the block. I am sure you will knock it out of the park on the next go around. :)
ReplyThat is very cool that you got to teach!! Good luck with the lesson plan!
FYI, if you didn't know, Julie at Jaybird Quilts is doing a giveaway for fabric from Sew Modern on her blog right now. I think she teaches classes there from time to time, too.
Susan, I wish I would have had a teacher like you in high school. Maybe I would have gone to college if I had been inspired by a teacher like you!
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