Thimbleanna

All Play and No Work

26 Comments / Family / August 29, 2011

Well hello, blog peeps! Did you all have a good weekend? (Well, everyone except those of you in the eye of Irene, that is.)  Our weather this weekend was Picture Perfect. I decided to take a last minute trip to see TheFirstChild and SweetiePie. With such a beautiful weekend, I thought a little city living might be in order.

First off, we had the fun of discovering a new quilt shop in downtown Indy combined with a little meet-up with Noblog Robin (Hi Rob — Thanks for coming all the way downtown to meet us! ) Crimson Tate‘s the name and modern’s the game.

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The shop is still pretty small, but so far, so good.  Lots of yummy fabrics.  And cool antiques, used for display purposes.

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Pretty, bright colors.

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And a fun way to display patterns.

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I love the big chalkboard for class lists and announcements.

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And look at this awesome chair.  Heather, Ms. Crimson herself, uses it at her sewing machine.  She let me try it out and it’s really comfortable.  She said it helps eliminate butt fatigue when you’ve been sitting at your machine all day.  It’s called a ball chair — google it!

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Heather is adorable and I could kick myself for not getting a picture of her and her awesome cat-eye glasses.  I’m really looking forward to watching this little shop grow.  What a great little gem in the Mass Ave. area.  If you’re anywhere around Indy, I think it’s well worth the visit.  (Especially when you consider that there’s a Flying Cupcake just down the street!    And yes, we did partake. ;-D   If you need a recommendation, go for the Here Comes The Bride cuppycake.  It might make your eyes roll to the back of your head!)

So, that was the excitement on Saturday evening.  On Sunday, SweetiePie and I went for a bike ride.  Indianapolis has a pretty cool bike path system downtown.

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We rode over to the canal area.  Oh. Em. Gee.  When SweetiePie said we were going to the canal, I pictured a bike path along the White River or something.  The Canal is a beautiful area that links a lot of the city’s museums and fun places.  Probably everyone knows about it but me — I was so pleasantly surprised!

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There are bike paths along both sides of the canal and it’s absolutely gorgeous.  Like a little mini-Venice or something.  We rode around for an hour or so and then had a snacky picnic and people-watched.  It was SO fun!

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Then, on the way home, we decided to stop along the bike path and draw on the sidewalk. Every picnic kit should contain sidewalk chalk.

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Dream Big.

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Love.

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And Fly High.  Sort of hard to see with the dappled sunlight, but you get the idea.

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And now…another work week.  Sigh.  I want a weekend do-over.  Thanks SweetiePie for making it such a perfect weekend.  Don’t use up all the chalk before I get back to visit!

XOXO,
Anna

26 thoughts on “All Play and No Work”

  1. Janet

    Wow – looks like I see a road trip in my future! Looks like a cute shop! I’ve heard about the “canal” but have never been there either. So glad you had a beautiful day for your adventures!

  2. Rachel

    What a great weekend! Sigh – I’m with you: a do-over is definitely in order. I didn’t have enough weekend myself and I go back to work tomorrow :(

  6. periwinkle

    Looks like a gorgeous place to visit and you had sun too , lucky you. That chair does look like a strange contraption though lol… amazing drawings too

  7. Sew Create It - Jane

    I feel rested and rejuvenated just reading your post…what a wonderful weekend!!!
    The cycle paths sound fabulous…I personally think that is the way forward…I’d cycle all the time if it wasn’t for cycling on the roads with the big nasty cars! :o)

  9. Carol

    Anna it couldn’t have been a more perfect weekend! I’m glad you got to spend wonderful time with your kiddos…love the sidewalk art!

  13. Anne

    Your weekend sounds delightful! I must run down to that new quilt shop. My husband works downtown everyday but I rarely go south of 86th street.

  15. quiltmom anna

    it looks like you had lots of fun with your family- it is always nice to go and visit a new quilt shop. The fabrics do indeed look yummy.
    I am not sure I would like the ball chair but it sure would help one develop some core strength too.
    Have a great week, Anna.
    Regards from other Anna

  17. Debbe

    You were in Indy Moto GP weekend and didn’t check that out? I was at the Speedway on Saturday, but that is as far as we got. The canal is beautiful. They used to have a fireworks show there every Labor Day weekend but they didn’t have it last year because of money issues.

  18. Isabelle

    That looks lovely.

    I’m glad someone’s having good weather because Scotland’s just had the dullest August since 1929, the wettest one since 1998 (and that year must have been pretty damp, I can tell you) and the coolest since – oh I can’t remember. But we’re all fed up with it! Emigration is being considered.

  19. Cassie

    Love your sidewalk chalk. My sidewalks have seen a lot of chalk this summer, but somehow the design is not as refined. The last bit of “art” on my sidewalk was an outline of a body with a thought bubble that said, “Does this chalk make my butt look big?” Now where would my children get an idea like this? Wait. Don’t answer that.

    XOXO~Cassie

  21. Cindy

    You made it to Indy. I still haven’t gotten downtown, but made it up to the French Seam. Lots of goodies there. It’s a lot of apparrel fabric and some quilty stuff mixed in. Added to m’stash.

  22. barb

    How fun is all that? That shop looks great, I love her display ideas.
    Side walk art – fabulous. I miss having mine all covered with chalk. Maybe I’ll just do it myself..

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