On The Road To...

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show!  First stop after leaving at about 6:45 in the morning was at Sisters Quilt Shop in Chehalis Washington. Here is their Row by Row block for Sew Musical.  I've posted pictures of this shop several times while heading down to Sisters Oregon so if you check my previous trips down in July you can see it is a huge store with an amazing selection of Kaffe Fasset fabrics amongst other fabric lines.

 The treat this year was spotting this gorgeous lone star quilt.  It was a top gifted by either her grandmother or great aunt.  A friend of hers machine quilted it for her and she was coming to check out their large 1930's reproduction fabrics for something to do the binding with.

 This is just pretty in real life and looks good in photos!

 Next stop was Fiddlesticks Quilt Shop in Vancouver Washington. This is always a favourite stop for me and Cheran the owner is a lovely lady.  I love how she did both the Treble and Base Clef in her feathered heart design for the row by row block.

 Here is her Wooly Block from the Autumn row by row.

 Ann Shaw is based out of this shop and I adore her designs.  This pattern came home with me.

 In the classroom and thru the shop they have many of her quilts on display.  It's hard to pick favourites.

 Love this dog.

 I also wanted Sunshine Smiles and her larger Duck pattern and Cheran is kindly mailing them to me when she restocks.  A bus of quilters cleaned her out of several of Ann's designs.

 Made a quick stop in Portland at Fabric Depot.  I had hoped to meet up with my friend Michelle, but she was already having lunch and couldn't get over and back to work in time.  They did musical notes behind the silhouette of on of the many bridges leading into Portland.

 One of my favourite shops in the Portland area is Pioneer Quilts.  I had to get this cute kit from Hatched and Patched.

 The architecture of the Historic Broetje House is amazing along with all the windows letting in nature light.

 They have everything from cottons to Japanese fabrics, batiks, linen, wool, embroidery supplies to tempt you.

 Their Sew Musical Row by Row block is wonderful.  Usually they incorporate some wool but this year was just cottons.

 Part of their wool corner.

 There is a breezeway between the shop and the classroom space which is filled with some wonderful samples. Love this colourful wool sampler of sheep.

I think this one is done with cottons and or flannels.

 These bunnies were in the classroom space.

 Love this whimsical Art Journal Quilts sample.

 The garden was overgrown with ivy when they purchased the building and as it has been trimmed and pulled out some lovely flowers have come back.  Love this Clematis.

 I could spend hours wondering around taking pictures.

 Love this deep pink one.

 Hiding behind the blade of grass.

 Gorgeous Hollyhocks.

 I see a quilt somewhere hiding among these flowers.

 So pretty.

 My great grandmother used to grow these.

 So at Sisters Quilt Shop I got this fun 1930's turquoise print and their row.

 Fiddlesticks I got Curious Duck and these two wool fabrics.  I forgot to check before leaving and I didn't have their row by row, but Cheran is going to send it along with the other two patterns...don't tell anyone.

 I got the kit to go with Pioneer Quilts Row by Row along with the kit for the pin cushion.

 I also bought some of the Rustic Moire 100% wool threads to try out.  Ironically the pinks and blue work with both the blues and pink fabrics I bought.

 I can't wait to try these out.

 Top from Pioneer Quilts, bottom from Fiddlesticks Quilt Shop.

 Now for a little quiz what chain of Motels do you think these bathroom pictures are from?

 Pretty sleek and modern looking right?

I'll let you know on my next post.

Checking out Quilt Shops along I-5.

Last Thursday morning I headed south of the border for the weekend.  For the first time in many years I saw three mountains I've not seen in quite some time.  The first on was Rainier Mountain near Seattle, but no where to pull over to take a picture.  The next one was St. Helene's mountain shown here.  The last was Mt. Hood as I crossed over the 205 bridge into Portland, again in traffic so no picture.  I made a brief stop in Seattle and went to Pacific Fabrics to pick up one of their four vertical rows, but forgot to take a picture.  My GPS wasn't playing nicely so I couldn't get to the SODO location.

 My next stop was in Chehalis at Sister's Fabrics, I always enjoy this shop and this visit was not an exception.

 Here is their fun On The Go Row of beetles driving along the country side.

They have an amazing selection of Kaffe Fasset fabrics but I resisted temptation.

 They group their fabrics in colour families and have lots of samples hanging on available wall space.

 So much temptation.

 Here is a closer glimpse of the Kaffe Fasset Fabrics.

 This is a must see shop if you are in Southern Washington.

 Looks like sherbet colours.

 Love turquoise.

 Lemon yellows.

 Hot pinks with greens in the next row.

 I continued down to Fiddlesticks in Vancouver Washington another favourite shop.

 Ann Shaw patterns are on display all over this wonderful shop.

 They also group their fabrics in colour families.

 They have some lovely quilts on display.

 A whimsical tutu to tempt you.

 Some Ann Shaw designs.

 More Ann Shaw, love the doll.

 Their cash area with more Ann Shaw.

 Their On The Go Row/

 Love that duck, one day he will come home with me.

 A peek into the classroom.

 Lori Holt Farm Girl Quilt.

 Love this dog by Ann Shaw.

 First stop in Portland was Fabric Depot.  This is the Costco of fabric shops.

 They group designer collections together, along with various fabric houses.  They also do theme collections such as sewing, landscape, music.

 So many choices.

 They also have a huge garage sale area outside.

 They have a huge cutting area and are very efficient on how they get you to a cutter.

 Last stop of the day was at Pioneer Quilts, I got there 15 minutes before they closed!

 They have a mix of cotton and wool for their hot air balloon On The Go row.

 Love sweet peas, my dad used to always grow some, maybe one day I will have to make one of these.

 They also did a Wooly Block in the autumn and I got a kit to do.

 Traffic out of Portland to Salem was horrendous.  Had I known that Holly Hill Quilt Shoppe was opened till 8 and closed on Mondays I would have hung out there for awhile.

It was a long busy day but lots of good things to enjoy.