Thursday, October 6, 2016

I promised to update you today on our Portland trip but Part 1 will only include my trip to Fabric Depot – a vacation all on its own! Before we left for Portland some of the Guild members who had been there told me Fabric Depot was like Costco only full of fabrics – they weren’t joking. We hit the warehouse on a day where everything was 25% off with an outdoor section at 30% off.

I had been told that the shop had wool felt squares that were a very reasonable price (at $1.99 they weren’t kidding). I had just purchased an eBook and I had a Christmas pattern from there that I wanted to make. When I saw the gorgeous colours I picked out a second pattern from the book (it was downloaded on my iPad) as well as the linen backing for both.

While I waited for my linen to be cut I found this small travel iron. I purchased one a couple of years ago at Walmart but it never worked properly for me (the cord wouldn’t stay attached). I’m hopeful this will work and it is the perfect size for the small pressing board I picked up at a recent yard sale.

I thought we were done when Pat found the outdoor sale. None of my fabric cost more than $5/yard and because it was the outdoor sale I got another 10% off that. I have nothing in mind for these fabrics but if nothing else they will be good backing for quilts. There were a few patterns that caught my eye, as well as a couple of templates.

For the second time that morning I thought I was done and then Pat found these cute little tins full of fabric and a pattern.