Direct From Portland

This weekend is the Spring Trends show at Portland, an open-house event for retailers at E.E. Schenck, a Portland based fabric and notions supplier. After arriving late last night, my mom and I spent a long day at their warehouse, shopping til we dropped! My Durango is loaded with some great new things! Fabric, patterns, books, notions, you name it, it's in my car and headed home tomorrow! My dad and husband came with us this time, so it's been quite a comical trip.

Monday and Tuesday this coming week will consist of a marathon of quilting for me, as I try to squeeze in as much time as possible before we head off to Disneyland. Yes-That's Right! DISNEYLAND!!! We've been planning a special Spring Break trip as a surprise for the kids, and we leave Thursday for 5 days at Disneyland. Yes, I know I'm crazy, you did read the title of this blog, didn't you??

After I return, hopefully tanned and happy, it's back to school to finish my degree in May. Will's birthday is the 26th of March, so there's a party in there somewhere. Not to mention, 2 quilt shows in April, a shop-hop in May, a quilt shop basement to clean and repair, and a TON of new samples to figure out how to complete. All as I continue to chip away at the mountain of quilting to be done. Whew.....I'm tired just thinking about it!

Watch for pictures of the first Sun Surf Halter, which I finished Thursday evening. It's the cutest thing you've ever seen, and it was super easy, taking only 2 or 3 hours to complete. So maybe it fits my almost 12 year old daughter and it was supposed to fit my almost 7 year old daughter......did I mention the pattern runs large?

By the way - I think I saw some notes about a "Boss Is Away" sale some one is planning. You might want to pencil in a trip to Deary for some great deals next week!