Hometown
I grew up in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It's a small city with the Mississippi River as its western boundary, bluffs to its east and south and marshland on its north.
The name of the city comes from the sport of La Crosse, which was played by the native population using sticks that, to the French fur traders who came to the area, resembled a bishop's crozier (la crosse in French).
This morning, I headed just north of the city to Olive Juice Quilts (a great shop!) to meet up with Anna, who you may know from the blog Noodlehead. Anna and I do not know each other from school as I'm a smidge older than her and went to a different high school. But, as with any small town, we know a few people in common and are always happy to meet people with similar interests.
Anna and I had lunch last November, and occasionally email each other. After I expressed my extreme love of a bag she had made (something she's very good at) she even sent me the bag! I've been meaning to post about it and had taken pictures months ago, but was waiting for an excuse to share...here it is!
Isn't it great? It's my #1 bag this summer. You can buy the pattern from Anna for $7 over here: Noodlehead Patterns
Today we didn't just eat lunch, we went fabric shopping. My cousin's quilt is quilted and I needed to pick out binding. I pulled out some options, and Anna helped me make the final selection: the yellow woodgrain fabric. It's going to look great!
Because my schedule meant that we needed to meet up at a time Anna had her kids with her, I got to meet little Emily and Natalie. Adorable, energetic little monsters!
I had made up a fabric store bingo game for Natalie to play. She did really well with it and even posed for a picture after winning.
Here's a close up of the card:
I doodled this up in no time, just thinking about typical fabric motifs. Plus I only had to make one. If you had more kids old enough for this activity, you'd have to make a different one for each kid, with the pictures shuffled around. Feel free to use this idea if you ever have kids you need to keep busy in a fabric store!
The name of the city comes from the sport of La Crosse, which was played by the native population using sticks that, to the French fur traders who came to the area, resembled a bishop's crozier (la crosse in French).
This morning, I headed just north of the city to Olive Juice Quilts (a great shop!) to meet up with Anna, who you may know from the blog Noodlehead. Anna and I do not know each other from school as I'm a smidge older than her and went to a different high school. But, as with any small town, we know a few people in common and are always happy to meet people with similar interests.
Anna and I had lunch last November, and occasionally email each other. After I expressed my extreme love of a bag she had made (something she's very good at) she even sent me the bag! I've been meaning to post about it and had taken pictures months ago, but was waiting for an excuse to share...here it is!