Joe and I did a little road trip to Portland the last week in March. I was desperate for a bit of downtime after several very busy months at work. Spring was arriving in Portland - trees in bloom, a variety of spring flowers about. Whereas here, a month later, we still had snow falling yesterday. Should have stayed longer!
One of the best quilt stores - Fabric Depot - is in Portland. As you can see - rows and rows of fabric and the day we hit it, it was all 30% off! US fabric prices are always significantly lower than Canadian and with 30% off - it was a pretty sweet day! And the added bonus of shopping in Oregon is there is no sales tax! I won't tell you how much I got - there and at other stores on our trip - partly because I don't actually know and partly because it would be admitting that I have a problem....
The Heritage Park Festival of Quilts is coming up so I decided to register some quilts for show - it's just a show, not judged. As my "surplus" quilts are still at the Galleria, I had only Gotham and Follow Your Dreams left at home. I had plans to make a few more so registered six altogether. That was back on April 8. The quilts are to be delivered May 21. So - all I had to do was make four more quilts - in between working full time, etc. - between April 8 and May 21 - no sweat, right?
As of this moment I have all tops made and first one is on Max being quilted. So here are the tops:
"Promenade" This is the City Lot design in City Quilts by Cherri House.
"Talking Heads" (Talking Head I and Talking Head II) - a design called Two Heads are Better than One by Boo Davis in Whip Up Mini Quilts by Kathreen Ricketson.
"Surf Town" - a design by Mimi Wellington called Checkerboard Twist that I found in a magazine.
And finally, "Camo-Quilt" - my own design.
My mad scramble continues - gotta get these babies quilted by May 21!