We were away last week on the Central Coast so DH could attend Grand Parlor. I didn’t do nearly the prep that I had done in the past for his events and had decided to do some quiltmaking side trips of my own. I planned to drive to Carpinteria while we were in SLO to visit Roxanne’s. It was about a two hour drive and after finding a few quilt shops much closer I put off the Roxanne’s visit (and the SBPL visit) for another time.
Cut and Run Fabrics was the first quilt shop I visited. I stopped on my way back to the hotel after the Ladies Luncheon.
I had a little trouble finding it, but I was in the neighborhood and eventually arrived. It turns out that the shop is within walking distance of my aunt’s house.
Cut and Run has quiltmaking fabrics as well as garment fabrics and supplies for making garments. I saw some lingerie straps and closures that I recognized from when my grandmother took a lingerie class.
The shop had a great selection of fabrics with a distinctly modern vibe that appealed to me.
I chatted with the owner for awhile after she gave me a bookmark with all of the shops on the Central Coast listed. This is definitely a great effort by all of the shops to work together.
The bookmark definitely makes for a temptation to go on a road trip specifically to visit all of these quilt shops. Of course I wanted to head out right away, but I had to fulfill promises to DH and attend events for which I had signed up.
There was a wide variety of notions including quite a large display of vintage buttons.
Dozer, a very large dog, was snoozing away behind the cutting counter.
I meant to ask whether the shop actually stocked garment patterns, but was distracted by the excellent marketing. It is possible she rescued the cabinets from a Joann that was going out of business.
I like the samples of quilt patterns that were displayed. They are big and bold. I like the colors, too.
The variety of colors of the samples and the fabrics made me happy to be in the shop.
I thought the shop was a good size, too. Not too small, plenty of fabric and notions, fresh everything.
One thing I saw was great flannels! The shop had wonderful colors for flannel. I can’t remember seeing such a good variety since I was at Joann’s looking for flannel for the YM.
I think we will make another trip south later this year and I will put this shop on my list as one to visit again.
Address: 2300 Broad St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone:+1 805 519 1908
Hours: Tue 10 AM–5 PM
Wed Closed
Thu Closed
Fri 10 AM–5 PM
Sat 10 AM–5 PM
Sun 10 AM–5 PM