I take my camera everywhere, vowing that I will take pictures to document my adventures and escapades. But I am really bad at actually remembering to get the camera out and take the pictures, is the thing. Such good intentions, but no follow through. Here’s the one picture on my camera from my trip to Seattle last weekend – and I have an elf ear and red eyes! Actually, now that I think about it, this pic took two takes, but the first was even worse than this one, so we deleted it.

So I wasn’t so great with the photo documentation, but I can definitely tell you about the stores that we went to. Saturday (after a long night of dinner, drinks, and catching up) we did a whirlwind tour of the best fabric stores in the Seattle area. I spent money at every store we went to (surprise, surprise).

Our first stop was The Quilting Loft. I think this may have been my favorite store, because it reminded me of stores back home. It was the smallest of the stores we went to, but I thought that it had the best selection of fabrics. I got a great Kaffe Fassett print and three other cuts of various adorable fabrics.

Next up on the list was Quiltworks Northwest. This was the largest quilting specific store we went to. The selection was similar to The Quilting Loft, with a lot of other stuff thrown in. They were having a massive sale {yes, the gods are smiling down on me}, and I think I bought the more here than any other store. Beware though, the price was on average a dollar pricier per yard than any of the other stores we went to.

After that is was off to Pacific Fabrics (northgate). This was the superstore of the places we visited. I probably liked it the least, but they have HUGE selection of flannel and some super cute oil cloth..I am still dreaming about a couple of those…

Now the task that remains is what the heck to make with these great finds. I think the blues and browns will be used in a quilt for my brother, Matt. But I have no idea about the reds and oranges. The orange could make a cool throw pillow for the living room…you can never have too many of those!