WELCOME! Thanks so much for "visiting" me in Portland, Oregon.
Portland (population just under 600,000) is known as the City of Roses. The unofficial motto is "KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD". I have to admit it can be a little weird around here, but it keeps things interesting.
One of the things I love about this area are the eateries! I'm not a huge lover of chicken wings, but the chicken wings at Pok Pok are to die for! They must make their chickens do bench presses because they are loaded with meat and the flavor is amazing!
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| Pok Pok SE Portland |
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| The Waffle Window SE Portland |
Every year Portland celebrates with it's famous Rose Festival. The highlight of which is the Grand Floral Parade. The floats are covered with thousands of roses. This year marked the parade's 100th year! We used to take the kids down to watch the parade when they were lithe - very sweet memories.
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| Grand Floral Parade Portland, Oregon |
Portland has great weather for growing beautiful roses. We have a gorgeous International Rose Test Garden filled with 7,000 rose plants and over 500 different varieties. I can still smell them! ahhh....
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| Rose Garden |
If you visit on a weekend you must go to the Saturday Market (Saturday & Sundays March - December). This weekly gathering, along the Willamette River, of artisans, musicians, food carts and more started in 1974 and is currently the largest continually operating outdoor arts and crafts market in the states.
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| Saturday Market |
QUILT BLOCK!
This is the quilt block Moda designed for me. It is made using Candy precuts from my Bit's and Pieces line. To print out a free pattern for this block click here.
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| Free pattern with limited kits available! |
Sorry, all of the kits have been sold. Thank you!
THE BEST FOR LAST!
Congratulations to The Muggle Puggle, Karen, Heather A and Charlotte. I have contacted the winners to let them know. Thanks to EVERYONE that left a comment! They were fun to read through!
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| give away! |
Sweetwater and V and Co.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 518 Newer› Newest»Never been to Portland, however I am quite jealous of the rain you guys get in the Pacific northwest. It allows you to have great gardens - something that I am trying to achieve. But living in Atlanta, and the drought we have been having makes it quite a challenge.
Would love to win - thanks for offering this to us
I would absolutely love Portland's craft market! And those waffles look pretty good too. Thanks for the chance to win some of your awesome fabrics.
I prefer the waffles of your hometown. Yummy!
Thanks for a chance in this giveaway.
I'm an Oregonian also, from the extreme eastern side.
Thanks for the chance to win - as usual, beautiful fabrics!
Love table runners. Yours is exceptional! Thank you for sharing.
I love your designs. Thanks for the free pattern and give-aways.
BTW, your are right about the "unofficial" motto of Portland. I heard yesterday that a school principal in the Portland area has out-lawed p-nut butter and jelly sandwiches, as she called them "racist." I couldn't follow her logic, but it wasn't because of p-nut allergies.
Thanks for sharing your hometown and the tablerunner applique - beautiful!! Please enter my name in the draw... the 15th is my son's birthday, maybe I'll be lucky!!
I love table runners! Yours is exceptional. Thank you for sharing.
I would love to visit your city. Waffles are also a fav. of mine. Hope I win.
Thnaks for your great post and the pattern! Greetings from germany, Hildy
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HELLO KATHY! LOVED YOUR POST-LOVE PORTLAND'S ROSES! THANKS FOR A WINNING CHANCE AT MORE "BITS+PIECES"!
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Portland is on my list of cities to visit, and I am surely going to keep your post in mind when I have to decide where to go. Thank you for the giveaway!
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Memories! When we lived in the Willamette Valley, we used to love to spend the day in Portland. It is a wonderful city to explore and play in. Sellwood is an extremely fun place and I enjoy all of the quilty shopping available in the PDX area. I can't wait to come back for a visit! I'm really loving your Bits & Pieces fabric line, so thanks for a great giveaway!
Love your pattern and fabric! Thanks so much for the tour and give away!
I have always wanted to visit Portland and if ever I do, the Waffle Window is now on my list. Thank you for the looksee at your town and the free pattern and for the chance to win ... enjoy your retreat! :) Pat
Thank you not only for the free moda pattern but also your winter wreath pattern! and for a chance at the giveaway! Your Bits and Pieces line looks gorgeous, would love to have some:) Have a nice time at your retreat!
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what a great town, and the table runner is fantastic...
I really wish we had more "weird" around here! I'm jealous. :)
Would love to visit Portland.
You sure live in a super place, Portland rocks. Thanks for the giveaway.
maybe I'll win - it is my birthday! yeah! we were supposed to be going to Portland today from Vancouver Island, Canada but had to postpone trip. Hopefully we'll be down in the next couple of months.
I Love the moda fabric in your picture. Thanks for the fun block pattern, I sure this will be one pattern I will sew. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Very pretty table runner!
Love how the applique really perks up the blocks! Sorry to hear that your kids are no longer lithe! VBG!! I had to check out the waffles. They look absolutely wonderful. Sigh! Here in central Nebraska, we just don't have things like that; just wide open spaces. I do love it, though.
Portland looks like a fun place to visit. thanks for a chance to win!
Downtown Portland is very walk friendly! We have taken the train from Seattle to Portland for a day trip, and there was lots to see and do within walking distance of the depot! It is a great city!
I love your table runner. Thanks for the patterns and thanks for the chance to win.
loLove the rich and vibrant reds! Never been to Portland, but hope to some day... You probably get more rainfall in one week than we get in AZ all year!
I've been to Portland for newswriting conventions and have toured the Willamette Valley wine country! Love it! But I didn't know about your claim to 'roses' fame!
Lovely work and your home town sounds lovely. Thanks for sharing
Awesome fabric! I need to fo to Portland one of these days.
Love the table runner. Thanks for the giveaway.
Your town sounds like fun! Thanks for the post, and enjoy your retreat.
I love your line of fabric and thanks for the two patterns.
I used to live outside Beaverton and have fond memories of Oregon. I need to make another trip up to Portland SOON!
Have a great and safe time at your retreat! I made it to Oregon once, but never to Portland. I love that deep red color in your Bits and Pieces line. Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!
Your town sounds lovely! I would love to visit, smell the roses and do antiquing :)
What a pretty table runner. Thanks so much for the pattern and lucky you to have such a supportive mom!.
I live in Vancouver, WA, just a hop skip and a jump from you. May daughter and spouse have a condo in the Pearl District - they both work downtown and enjoy walking to work. Portland is a great fitness town, walking or biking and our weather has been wonderful these past few months, makes up for the sour winter and spring!
Thank you so much for the table runner pattern--the applique is just lovely! I like that Portland wants to keep it weird.
I Love Portland! My family would drive from Utah to visit my great aunt who shared her love of sewing with me. Multunomah Falls was my favorite place to visit (besides Aunte Bette's!)
Portland looks like a great place to live. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love Portland too, I am from Salem & try to get North as often as possible.
WOW love your block and the table runner even better.
Carol L
I love the table runner pattern. Thank you for the chance to win!
Portland sounds great, I hope I get to visit one day. Thanks for the chance to win this great giveaway.
Hi, Neighbor! I'm in Oregon City OR, just SE of Portland and connected by Milwaukie and Gladstone in between us.
Love the pattern and the fabric colors! Some day I hope to visit Portland, it is on my list of places to visit.
I would LOVE to visit Portland someday-- thanks for the giveaway!
~robin
welchrobin@hotmail.com
(your pattern is GORGEOUS!!!)
Ahhh Portland! We used to live there and still miss it. Such a fun city.
Lucky you! I have to work so I am missing my retreat, but we have another one Oct., OH that's next month already!! Hope your having a great time. Our friend lives near Portland so I know it's nice.
My my, Portland looks like a fun place to visit; I've never been to Oregon but it looks like I'll have to try to make the trip some day. Thanks for the pictures and your giveaway looks great!
Thanks for a chance to win. I just put Portland on my places to see list.
I've always wanted to vistit Portland, such an interesting place. Enjoy your retreat!
I lived in the Seattle area for 6 years and never made it to Portland. Silly me, as it was always a fun place for people to visit. Loved the pictures!
Portland has always looked amazing! Someday I'd love to visit the Roses!! :) Thanks for sharing! :)
Your "neck of the woods" looks lovely and wonderful.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Portland sounds like a great place to visit. I love the table runner and those moda candies make it look even easier to do.
We've been to Portland and love it. The weather, the roses, everything!
I just went onto your Etsy site and I love your patterns! I can't wait to start the fireplace mantel project!
I was fortunate to visit your city a few years ago when I came to the Sisters Outdoor quilt show. The bad part is that I was only in Portland a few hours, so the Sunday Market was the only thing we got to do. I would love to come back to the northwest and spend more time.
Thanks for sharing. I love your quilt block and tablerunner.
Thanks for the special project using your block...I love applique!
Hello, Kathy!
Thanks for the 'tour' of Portland. I truly enjoyed the spots you chose to feature. I lived in Portland long ago and the Rose Garden was a favorite spot. The Rose Parade and Sellwood shopping area were also events I could relate to. I love the style of your designs. Thank you for the opportunity to win some of your fabric.
I've driven through Portland and took a picture of the skyline from the car. I think I photographed the welcoming sign that said City of Roses. I love your table runner. The addition of the center square of embroidery is beautiful.
Love the colors, so fall looking. Have fun at your retreat. love waffles, thanks for the tour and for the gieaway.
I must visit Portland. I live near near "Keep Austin Weird"
I love the free pattern! I'd also love to visit Portland one day. Thanks for the giveaway...your fabric is always beautiful.
Greetings from Maple Ridge BC Canada. Portland is one of my favourite cities and I visit there 3 times a year. Thanks for the block pattern and the tablerunner.
Loving those fall colors in the giveaway.
I must visit Portland. I live near "Keep Austin weird."
I must visit Portland. I live near "Keep Austin weird."
Love your table runner!
I'll have to make one!
alice(dot)porosanu(at)gmail(dot)com
Stunning Table Runner and block. Thank you so much and for the chance to win.
Thanks for sharing Portland and hope you have a wonderful time at your retreat!! Thanks for a great pattern!
What great, rich colors! I visited Portland once for a wedding and we got to venture around a little but had alot of wedding obligations when we were there. Beautiful "town" though!
I have friends in Portland I've never visited but yur pictures of Portland really make me want to get there soon.
I knew about Portland and the roses, didn't know about the weird!Have fun at your retreat and thanks for the chance at your giveaway.
Portland is such an interesting place...my son lives and works there. Thank you for sharing some great things to do. AND Thank You for the giveaway. I love the rich red color in your fabric...I love red! The table runner is amazing!
Love learning about Portland; an area of the U.S. I hope to visit as I carry my list in my bucket.ederpre 1238
cool giveaway. have loved visiting each of the blogs on this hop thanks
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that's a beautiful runner! I would love to go to the waffle place you talked about - yum!
Hi Kathy
Thanks for the chance to win that lovely fabric!
Henny
Hi Kathy
Thanks for the chance to win that great fabric!
Henny
I lived outside Portland several years ago and also jumped at the chance to drive into Portland. I loved it! Thanks for this giveaway.
Have a wonderful retreat! Thank you for the giveaway!
Portland sounds like a fun place. And, I love the pattern and fabric. Hope I win.
Has been years since we visited Portland, want to go again. The candy blog hop has really highlighted some places that sound like great places to visit. Hope I will some of your fabric-is beautiful.
Beautiful fabrics! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love the variety of colors and designs that represent the lines put out by Moda designers.
I spent my honeymoon in Portland. I have been married 48 years...the rose garden was so gorgeous even back then...I love Portland and would like to live there if I can get my husband to leave Texas!
Thanks so very much for the two pattern downloads!You are so generous! Will your mom applique for me if I buy a kit? :)
I live in New Braunfels, Texas where fall is not even in the air yet...You have a lovely site and beautiful Etsy store.
Love,
Mary
With all the roses, I would love your hometown.
Ah...so many places I want to see. Your post made my mouth water (food and fabric) and I just love your table runner pattern. This blog hop is so dang fun! Thanks for the giveaway. Fingers crossed.
Portland is always fun to visit! Thanks for giving me a couple of new places to check out.
Love your tour of Portland, next time I visit my sister-in-law in Camby I must explore Portland!
Love the new fabric! Than you for the chance to win!
Tee
Thank you so much for your generous pattern. I love it and can hardly wait to make it.
Thanks for your give away!
I'm sure you are having a great time at your retreat! It's a great way to get some UFOs done and share time with good friends. Your pattern and fabric are amazing. Thanks for participating!
Enjoy your time away! Lucky you to have a Mom do applique - my family doesn't quilt.
Thanks for a chance at your beautiful fabric and the free pattern.
I'd love to visit Portland. Maybe just to eat one of those waffles! Yum. Come visit Texas sometime - just not in July, August or early September unless you want to experience 100 degree days.
Your city looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for the chance
Enjoy your retreat! Thanks for the chance to win!
Thank you for the fun tour of Portland and for the lovely table runner pattern. I love it especially with the great fabric line! Thank you for the sweet giveaway. Hope your quilting retreat was fun.
I live down in Salem,OR so I know Portland some. I've heard "Brunks" sandwiches are to die for, have to try it. Love the table runner! Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the tour of Portland and the giveaway too. Marcia from Florida, USA
Portland sounds like a wonderful city. You've made me hungry. Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway.
Portland sounds awesome. My town is weird, too, but no one would ever want to admit it, lol. The pattern and giveaway are awesome. Thanks for the chance to win.
That waffle window looks oh so good!
What a beautiful applique pattern, thanks.
I love portland . Such a great foodie town.
Love the table runner! Your mom did a great job :)
I love retreats, my next one is in October. Hope you have a great time!
Portland is just down the road from me. it's a fabulous place to visit and a great place to visit. Thank you for the give away.
Oh, my! I sure would love to see all those roses. Thank-you so much for the table runner blocks and a chance to win.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I've pinned your lovely table runner. Thanks for the pattern.
Thanks for sharing Portland with us; absolutely beautiful city! Thanks for sharing the patterns and sponsoring the fabulous giveaways!
Have fun at your retreat! I love your work and have made many of your embroidery pattern wall hangings.
Thanks for a chance at your giveaway!
Thanks for the great post about Portland! And thank you for the pattern & a chance to win! :)
I thought the block for the blog tour was very pretty. And then you added the Winter Wreath to make a table runner and LOVED it. Very nice looking runner so yea, you really need to finish that. It would be a great gift for anyone if you don't use it yourself. Thank you.
Your table runner is so lovely!
I can't wait to visit Portland. My husband lived in the area for two years before we were married and talk about how gorgeous it is out there. So someday! :)
I love the tablerunner! thanks for the free pattern! have a great time at your retreat!
I've never been to Portland but it looks a great place to visit - love the look of the market and the eateries - maybe next year...
Enjoy your retreat! Thank you for the giveaway!
I've driven through Portland but have never had the chance to explore there. Your block with the appliqué is gorgeous- you really went above and beyond for us blog hoppers- Thank You Very Much! I can't wait to make this one
Your city looks very interesting and I want me some of those chicken wings!!! I will be making that table runner this very day... Thank You so much for your blog and all the time and work you put into it,LOVE IT!
You town looks lovely. Thanks for a chance to win your giveaway.
You town looks lovely. Thanks for a chance to win your giveaway.
Quilting retreat, just what I need!
You haven't tasted the Best Wings: Anchor Bar, Buffalo, NY. I live nearby in West Seneca, NY and the wings are a staple in our menu. I love the pattern you gave us - I think I will try it in autumn or Xmas colors! Judy R
I would love to go to Portland. I grew up in Ontario so have travelled to many places in the states but never Oregon. I love your block for Moda - it looks great mirrored as you have done it. Fingers crossed for your giveaway :)
Hi Kathy - Appreciation to you from the east. Love the northwest & can't wait to get back to its rugged beauty. I gasped at your table runner. I'm a beginner & found lots of inspiration here. Thank you!
I like your blog page colors and your quilt block.
Oh my!!! I have a feeling I would spend A LOT of time at that waffle place!!!! :) Thank you for the wonderful tour and the chance at the giveaway!
I want to visit that part of the Country some day - it sounds so beautiful. This blog has been fun, learning about all the home towns and the special places in them
What a beautiful runner! Especially love the appliqué block!
Portland sounds wonderful! We lived in the PNW (near Tacoma) for a few shorts months while hubby was stationed there. I wish we had driven to Portland! My son would have loved the rose gardens, and yes, the food looks and sounds amazing!
I love the table runner!!! And I adore your fabric! Have a blessed weekend at retreat. Thank you for the giveaway. :)
I grew up in Vancouver! I miss Portland! We would always go to the Saturday Market. It is so beautiful and green there-I miss it! I now live in Arizona which is obviously the complete opposite! But, I do love it here as well.
The table runner is gorgeous!
Barb@Witsend
I live in New England, but after my daughter visited Portland on vacation three years in a row (she fell in love with it there), and has told how awesome it is I really would love to visit some day. Thank you so much for your pattern and the chance to win your beautiful fabric!
I love Portland. We haven't been there in a long time, but it's a great place for a quick trip from CA.
Thanks for the chance at the giveaway!
Thanks for chance to win! (EMAIL: marshudson at comcast dot net)
What a cute table runner. Thanks for sharing.
Happy fall! My husband was born in Portland. We live in PA now.
Portland sounds great! Thanks for sharing your town with us and great photos as well!
Thank you for an awesome giveaway and a chance to win. Your runner is just gorgeous!Love your Mom's applique. So generous with four winners! Woot! Woot!
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Portland looks awesome, thanks for sharing! I so much want to win some 'Bits and Pieces'!!
Awesome Pattern. Thank you. We have are annual quilt show next weekend so I can look for your fabric to purchase.
Portland is on the bucket list...thanks for the tour. Lovely table runner....lovely giveaway!
Hello from Napa, CA. Thank you for the giveaway.
Your town sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing and the patten is beautiful. I can't wait to make it.
Oh, you are so creative and your town looks like a great place to live.
Love the pattern. thanks for the giveaway.
I have a friend who travels to Portland almost weekly on business. She loves it - I'd love to visit soon!
I have visited Portland several times, and would love to get back there again someday. Last time was about 10 years ago.
Beautiful city, lots of fun places to visit, shop, and eat at.
Enjoy your retreat! I look forward to going on them...1-2 times a year for a longer retreat, and almost every month we do a sewing weekend,
You have wonderful fabric and like all the others, I would love to be the winner!
Someday I'm going to visit Portland! I'll have to make sure to get to the rose garden - beautiful. It must smell divine :)
I have never been to the west coast but Portland sounds like a wonderful place to live. Lots more exciting than Oklahoma, where I am! I would love to win a prize - I have never won anything in my 60 years of life! :)
I love your quilt block. I have never been to Portland, but it is one place I have always wanted to visit.
Portland sounds great. I would love to travel to the Northwest. The pattern is very inviting. I think it would make a great large quilt too. Thanks for a chance to win.
Hi, Kathy. I love your style. I got to meet you at Holly Hill in West Linn. Thank you for the patterns!!
I love a good Saturday market. Maybe I'll take my friend up on the offer to drive from Seattle to Portland next time!
Loved your tour of your city of Roses, those fabrics look wonderful.
Great give away count me in! I love your free-bee pattern and your beautiful material
Ahhhh...Portland! 25 years ago my husband and I visited for the first time and became hooked on hiking! Mt. Hood, the Columbia River Gorge.....thankful for friends who talked us into meeting there and have hiked with us ever since! And thanks for sharing your beautiful fabrics!!
Super cute! Thanks for sharing a peek into your hometown!
Enjoyed reading your blog. I would really enjoy that Market.
I would love to visit the Saturday Market one day. It sounds fantastic. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love to visit your town. Roses are my favorite and I would grow an acre of them if I lived there. Also, I would go to the market every weekend. You are so lucky to live in such a wonderful place. Thanks so much for a chance to win your fabric.
I really want to visit Portland. My son lives there and has sent me some beautiful pics of the rose garden.
Susan
susie.galasso@gmal.com
Thanks for the beautiful block and the chance to win some goodies! :0)
What a pretty project. Thanks for the chance at the drawing.
Thanks for the chance to win the beautiful fabric! Portland looks great!
I've been to Portland several times - beautiful city! Thanks for the chance to enter your giveaway!
I would love to visit Portland one day. The outdoor market looks delightfully fun!
Roses, waffles and weirdness - who could as for anything more?! Thanks for the chance to win.
I love the block, thanks for the pattern! And thanks for a nice giveaway too.
Hope you are having a great time at my our retreat!thanks for the chance to win!
Your town sounds wondederful and those chicken wings look to die for! Made my mouth water :)
Those waffles look yummy! Next time I am in the area I will have to go and try it. Hope you're having fun at your retreat.
Thanks for the beautiful pattern!
We pass through Portland at least once a year when we go see my inlaws. I'll try to make sure we're there on a weekend. Thanks for the giveaway.
I loved Portland, and love your fabrics Thank you for the pattern.
Nice table runner. My youngest daughter moved to Portland a year ago. I hope to get out there to visit one day soon.
That waffle looks sooo yummy!!!
Your table runner was gorgeous-especially the center applique. I love the fabric too!
Oooo ... Bits & Pieces looks yummy! Thanks for the giveaway and the beautiful patterns!
Love the tablerunner. Thanks for the pattern, and the chance to win some of your wonderful fabric.
Hi Kathy, thank you for the pattern and the chance to win some of your beautiful fabric! Portland sounds great! I will have to visit someday!
Thanks for the great post about Portland! Portland is on my place to visit at some point. For now, I watch Portlandia haha! Thanks for the chance at the great giveaway!!
Portland sounds like a great place. A person would have no excuse why they can't take time out of their busy schedule and smell the roses. They look beautiful. Thanks for being in the Blog Hop and enjoy your retreat.
Portland sounds great. Woul love to come to the Saturday market.
Karen W
Boogabearw@cox.net
Thanks for the block pattern - I really like the tablerunner. Thanks too the opportunity for a giveaway - your fabrics are pretty.
Thanks for the block pattern - I really like the tablerunner. Thanks too the opportunity for a giveaway - your fabrics are pretty.
Thanks for sharing Portland with us. Thanks for the cute pattern and a chance to win a prize.
I love the pattern. Thanks for the chance to win.
I think I'd want to visit Portland just for some of those waffles !Sounds like a great place to live :)
Thanks for sharing your information about Portland! It is much larger than I thought! Your tablerunner just LOOKS Christmas-y and I love it!
Oh, that block is so beautiful and your fabric is too. Thanks for the chance to win something - I would really like to visit Portland someday - I've heard so many wonderful things about it from you and from others.
Thanks for sharing Portland with us...Oregon is beautiful..we spent some time at Crater Lake and loved it! Lisa in Texas
I love portland. We have a house in Corvallis and will visit Portland a lot once the Navy is done sending me around the world. thanks for the chance.
I learned so much about Portland--thanks! I've been drooling over "Bits and Pieces", and would LOVE to get some to play with.... Ruth in FL
Have a nice time at your retreat!
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