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.
518 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 518 of 518love the table runner :) may just have to get one of those kits if there are any left! Thanks for a chance to win - laurie
My husband and I visited Portland years ago and absolutely loved it - went to the rose garden, Saturday Market, Powell's etc. Thanks for reminding me of our wonderful vacation there, and for your giveaway!
ellen(at)myerly(dot)net
I've never been to Portland but our son has. He was just ordained a Holy Cross priest and they have U of Portland. They tried to get our youngest DD to go there for college but she went to Creighton instead! But from all I have heard, Portland is an awesome place. Someday soon we will visit! I have used your patterns through Little Quilts. Love the fabric! I love the pattern, too!!!
I enjoyed reading...What a lovely city! And good food! And good sewing!!!
Love the tablerunner. Thanks for the pattern. Would love to win the giveaway and use the fabric to make the tablerunner. Both are beautiful.
Thanks for the tour. Portland is on my list of cities to visit some day. And thanks for the chance to win some great Bits & Pieces!
I just love your table runner pattern. I was excited to print it out. Thanks for the tour of Portland.
Beautiful fabric. Thanks for the chance at your giveaway.
There are so many talented women in Portland...it must be the fresh clean air! One day I will come visit this beautiful land.
SherryC
I love your table runner! Thanks for the pattern and giveaway!
Kathy, you gave a wonderful "tour" of Portland . . .I've been here since 1987, and it has grown on me so much that I'm not as homesick as I used to be (for my hometown). I'd like to add The Pine Needle in Lake Oswego to the list of places to visit. . . I missed your last class there & hope you teach there again. Love your applique block insert-thank you very much for that! Also, I wanted to share a story about quilt retreats: As a brand new beginner I went to my very first one in 1979 in Mill Valley, Calif., and our teachers were Jean Ray Laury, Jinny Beyer, Yvonne Porcella, and Judy Mathieson! Talk about beginner's overload! I was so overwhelmed; I should have waited awhile before attending a retreat with such illustrious teachers!
Thanks for the pattern.
Ok you have totally convinced me to go to Portland next April. My husband's father lives in Seaside and we really need to get out there to see him. Portland sounds like so much fun. I love your Bit & Pieces Collection!! Have a wonderful weekend!!
I love your table runner, you are very lucky to ave someone to do the appliqué?
That is a beautiful tablerunner and I can't wait to start it. Thanks for the give-away opportunity.
Uh-O! Love the Waffle pictures! I really love waffles and the one with the whipped cream and bananas looks great. The funniest waffle I've ever seen was one served in a Pennsylvania restaurant. It was a plate sized waffle on the bottom, turkey and gravy over that then topped off with a huge portion of mashed potatoes and more gravy-- bigger than your head! It's true. I could'nt believe it. This was before the days of camera phones, or I'd have taken a picture of it....
I've never been to Portland, but I have friends that live there and love it
I want to live in Portland! or at least visit. You have so many interesting places!
Thank you for sharing about your hometown. I would love to visit Portland sometime!! I am from Minnesota and we have a great pancake place! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Love your new fabrics - can't wait to use them! Have a great time on your retreat! Wish I was there...
I have never been any farther west than Utah, your town sounds fun! Thanks for the give away, your pattern is very pretty!
I hope you have an awesome time at your retreat! I am coming to Portland for the first time next month for MQX so I am thankful to get to know the town a bit through your eyes...those waffles look divine!!
This blog hop has been great fun, getting to "visit" and learn about where folks live from their perspective. Thanks!
Have a blast at retreat and please ship some wings to Bentonville. Thanks!
Oh those waffles look to die for, even at 400 cal, lol! Love your table runner using those blocks, lovely. Hope you have had a fabulous retreat :)
Portland is my favorite 'big city' getaway from Boise. Portland's public transportation system is great!
Thanks for jazzing up the Moda block into a great table runner. It'll be perfect on my holiday table!
Enjoy your retreat Kathy, they are always fun. Thanks for sharing your hometown of Portland with us during the blog hop. I know I would love the market. Thank you for the chance to win some Bit's and Pieces...looks like yummy fabrics.
I grew up in Portland, as well. You did a stellar job of describing it to everyone!1 Hope I win !!
I would love to visit Portland sometime! Those waffles look amazing. Thanks for the giveaway!
b.
I always love visiting Portland. I hope you have a great time at your retreat. The block looks fun.
Pretty fabric. I bet you are having a great time at your retreat.
I'd love to visit Portland - and all it's weirdness! Sounds like a fun place to live. Thanks for the pattern and the giveaway!
What a gorgeous table runner - enough to make me even tackle the 'a' word - applique! Beautiful work and I love the richness of the colours. Thank your for sharing this - and images of Portland - with us.
I like your petal bag tutorial.
And my favorite colors are hot pink, turquoise and pale yellow.
Felicia
bfhamlin@bevcomm.net
I like your petal bag tutorial.
Favorite combo hot pink, turquoise and pale yellow.
Hope your having fun on your retreat; wish I were there! Thanks for sharing a bit about Portland. It sounds like a great place to visit.
I love Portland, such a fun city! I'm putting that table runner on my "must do" list.
I grew up about an hour north of PDX and it was the place to go for concerts, etc. I still have relatives in the suburbs that I visit when I can as I now live in Alaska.
Bits and Pieces looks like a great line of fabrics. Portland sounds nice too. Thanks for the pattern.
I live in Davis CA but we LOVE Portland and visit often. We're newly retired and have toyed with the idea of moving there! Love the table runner!
I'm about an hour away, in the wilds of Clatskanie. Your photos are inspiring me to make more opportunities to "go to town". Thanks!
I love your block pattern and your completed project using it. Sometimes I see a block I like, but can't think of what to do with it when it is done. Thanks for the chance at a giveaway and enjoy your retreat.
Thanks a lot Kathy!!!
Portland sounds like a nice place to live. Thanks for a chance to get some of your yummy fabric.
Greetings from Tacoma, WA! I try to visit Portland whenever I can. It's such a beautiful city.
nicolesender(at)yahoo(dot)com
I really love Bits & Pieces--thanks for opportunity! i"ve a niece in Portland! Lovely place
Portland must be absolutely beautiful. I know your fabrics and patterns are. Thank you for another wonderful design.
I agree, Portland is beautiful. Thanks for such a great give away.
Love your table runner. Thanks for the chance to win.
Thanks for sharing about Portland, OR. I love Portland, ME, but haven't gotten to yours yet. Sounds like a great place to live and visit!
Love Portland and roses. Tough here in SC to grow them but we try. Hope you had fun and accomplished a lot at your retreat.
Donna
I love Portland. The last time I went to Portland I took the train from Seattle and then we hopped around using the Max. It was so easy to find great food and fun places to visit.
Thank-you for the table runner pattern. Your fabric is beautiful . I sure would love to win some of it.
Portland has now been added to our retirement travel list. I love your fabric.
Thanks for the free runner pattern. I am currently making all new runner for my end tables.
I love your designs. I have the picket fence as my screen saver and the Lancaster County panels made into a valance in my kitchen.
Those waffles look amazing - it's probably a good thing I don't like anywhere near Portland! Your table runner is beautiful!
Thanks so much for sharing your applique table runner pattern. It is really beautiful. I enjoyed checking out your etsy shop too.
Portland is on my "bucket" list. Thanks for The great pics!
I have never been to Portland....thanks for the tour.
Hope you are enjoying your retreat! Thanks for the giveaway!
This is such a beautiful fabric line and your applique is gorgeous. Thanks for the chance to win.
Amanda
Thanks for the chance to win the lovely fabrics in the giveaway.
Thanks for the chance to win, I love all things you put together!
Love your fabric and enjoyed my visit to Portland.
Hi! This is so much fun!!! Thanks!
I have always wanted to visit Portland. I love the pattern and the applique makes it GREAT! I have fallen in love with applique and piecing combined in projects.
Thanks for the giveaway and I hope you are enjoying your retreat.
Thanks for the giveaway!
My daughter live in NE Portland, and we love visiting her, the city has so much to offer. Love the Killer Burger in NE, and the Pine Needle quilt shop in Lake Oswego.
The fabrics are great. Thanks for a chance to win.
Would like to visit Portland some day. Hope you had a great time at your retreat! Thanks for a chance to win some goodies.
Portland just moved up on my "must visit" list! Sounds like a wonderful place!
FUN! Never been to Portland. Looks like fun.
Portland is one place I really, really want to visit. I'm loving visiting all these places from the comfort of my living room! Thanks for a great giveaway.
I enjoyed reading about your hometown! Thanks for the great giveaway :)
Portland is a city I've never been to but have been wanting to see for a long time. You really wetted my appetite to go there and coincidently, an old friend sent me pictures just this morning from her trip there. Thanks for the pattern..I have a gift for my mother in mind...and thanks for the give away. I'd love to win.
Love that free pattern design! Would love to win! The blog hop has been fun.
What a beautiful line of fabric! Thanks for this giveaway!
I've heard so much about Portland, it certainly sounds like an interesting place
I have been to Portland and while it may be wierd it is really so much fun. The rose gardens are amazing.
I would love to visit that outdoor market. What great fun, thanks for the chance at some fabric.
Ooohh...I remember that floral "rose" parade when I was traveling up to Alaska to visit my aunt and uncle. Thank you for the chance to win that lovely fabric!
Thanks for the glimpse of Portland! I'll make sure to check out the Saturday Market if I ever get to Oregon.
Love the fabric! Thanks for the great patterns.
Thank you for posting about The Waffle Window! My husband and I just moved to Seattle but will be visiting Portland soon. The Waffle Window sounds like a perfect stop during our weekend there. :)
Love the block. Thanks for posting the pattern and a giveaway!
nice pix of portland ... i've enjoyed seeing the portraits of places in this blog hop!thanx for sharing the pattern and the giveaway.
I want to visit Portland! looks like a great city and love the weird...
thanks for the chance at a sweet giveaway...
Love thr applique in the table runner!
Thank you for the wonderful Portland tour and the beautiful pattern. I hope to be the lucky recipient of your giveaway, but even so, I will do this this table runner pattern with a wool appliqued center and red/green fabrics before Christmas!
Barbara Thompson
Thank you for the wonderful Portland tour and the beautiful pattern. I hope to be the lucky recipient of your giveaway, but even so, I will do this this table runner pattern with a wool appliqued center and red/green fabrics before Christmas!
Portland is definitely a place I want to visit and I love your table runner.
I think Portland sounds like a fantastic place to visit especially on a week-end. I love antiquing and arts and crafts. Thanks for your pattern and designing of fabric. I love the designs and have used several over the years!! so cheery.
I would love to visit Portland someday. Have fun at your retreat.
Kathy, a very nice applique block, thank you so much for that and the giveaway!
Beautiful Fabric! Thankyou for the pattern.
Love the tablerunner. Thanks for the chance to win some wonderful fabric
Love the Bits and Pieces! Hope you are having a great time at retreat!
Never been to Portland, would love to see it! I live in Plymouth, MI, 10 miles from Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan! Plymouth is a great little town. There is a park right in the center of it. We have music in the park every weekend all summer long. There is a old movie theater right there, they show movies for $3.00 and they have great popcorn. Always alot going on downtown. Love your new fabric, hope I win some!!
Bits and Pieces - beautiful! We drove through Portland last month on our way from Seattle to Tilamook. Next time we'll stick around Portland a while.
Wow, thank you so much for your beautiful patterns! Love your etsy items, so will have to come back :)
Thanks for the pattern and the great give-a-way! I hope to visit Portland some day!
Greetings from Fairview, Texas! Love your description of Portland - makes me want to visit!
I've always thought Portland would be fun to visit. I still remember traveling down the Oregon Coast as a kid and thinking how beautiful and green it was. Utah is definitely a desert in comparison!
I love Oregon. Lovely pattern and giveaway opportunity : )
Hello Kathy - Portland sounds like a wonderful place. I live in Armidale, NSW, Australia. I just love your fabrics. Thanks for the chance to win.
Love your pattern and thank you for the giveaway. Had a chance to look at your Etsy shop for the kit, more beautiful patterns! Didn't find the kit but happy to find a new (to me) designer!
I have now added a visit to Portland to my list of Places to go. The market looks amazing.
thanks for the chance to win somoe of your beautiful collection!!!
I have added a visit to Portland to my list of places to visit. Love the idea of visiting the market
thank you for sharing about your home town. What a lot of great things you have going on in portland. YOur table runner is gorgeous tell your mum her applique is divine. Thank you for your generosity and I enjoyed visiting. :)
I love your project, Thank you.
Enjoy your time away. Thanks for a chance to visit Portland - I've heard its a beautiful city.
Thanks for the giveaway - your pattern is beautiful
I love the table runner. Portland sounds like a great city. I love how long the fair runs. I would love to win.
Thanks.Connie
I am very excited about the opportunity to see the Designers' towns and some fun patterns. I love going to the mountains to relax and get away!
I hope you had a great time away! Thanks for a great giveaway of yummy fall fabric.
Wonderful tribute to your home town. Love the pattern for the table runner. Thanks for sharing!
I love your pattern ; thanks a lot for sharing it.
But do you have this kit including all the fabric needed (backing too)?
Thanks.
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