Portland, Oregon trip
 

I am traveling to Portland, OR for a long weekend and want to know if there are any quilt shops near the downtown area, where I will be staying. I can rent a car or take public transportation if available, to get there from the Hilton. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

I'm not sure how close it is to downtown but Fabric Depot is in Portland. It's in my list for next time we're there.

They have good mass transit in Portland. The Max goes within a couple of blocks of Fabric Depot if you don't mind walking.

Fabric Depot is a must but plan a couple hours for it.

There are a couple in the downtown core area, but they're rather small and expensive. Might be fun to go just for the petting experience, though.

Whoops. Just looked online and realize that both shops have moved out of the downtown core area! Bummer!

Well, here they are anyway. Josephine's Dry Goods, www.josephinesdrygoods.com. And The Whole 9 Yards, www.w9yards.com.

I do also second the recommendation of hitting Fabric Depot. That store is the Mother Ship. Lol. www.fabricdepot.com

Absolutely go to Fabric Depot. I love the way Peckish describes it. More fabric than you will likely ever see anywhere else, and lots of it always on sale.

Another, that says Fabric Depot - A MUST!

Here is a list of Portland shops ~

A Common Thread
15230 SW Sequoia Parkway, Suite 100
Portland, Oregon 97224
503-624-7440

A Quilted Kitchen
"Cluttergutter Extension Tables"
9938 SW Terwilliger Blvd
Portland OR 97219
503 245-5158

Cool Cottons
2417 SE Hawthorne Bl.
Portland, OR 97214
503-232-0417

Fabric Depot
700 SE 122nd St
Portland OR 97233
503-252-9530

Fibers In Motion
7855 SW Capital Hwy
Portland OR 97219
503-977-2758

Josephine's Dry Goods
(liberty cottons, & silks)
921 SW 11th
Portland OR 97205
503-224-4202

Mona's Ethnic Fabric
2322 NE MLK Jr Blvd
Portland OR 97212
503-282-3068

Now a list of suburbs of Portland ~
(shops are about within 15-30 minute drive from down town)

Beaverton
Quilter’s Corner Store
12580 SW Broadway
Beaverton, OR 97005
503--819-0214

Forest Grove
Needles in the Grove
2134 19th Ave.
Forest Grove, OR 97116
503 746 9348

Hillsboro
Sharon's Attic Quilt Shop
2950 Southwest Cornelius Pass Rd
Hillsboro, OR 97123
503-259-3475

Lake Oswego
The Pine Needle
429 First St
Lake Oswego OR 97034
503-635-1353
800-655-5632

Oregon City
Let’s Quilt
19713 S. Hwy 213 – Suite 120
Oregon City, OR 97045
503-518-4321

That should keep you BUSY for your weekend. :)

Whoops, you must have missed my post about Josephine's moving. According to their website, they moved to SE 30th & Division, but apparently haven't reopened yet.

And if we're listing shops in the 'burbs, don't forget HollyHill Quilt Shoppe!

1914 Willamette Falls Dr #160
West Linn, OR 97068
503.607.0600
http://www.hollyhillquiltshoppe.com/

Make sure you check the websites or call for hours. Fabric Depot is open 7 days a week, but the smaller shops are closed on Sat-Sun, Sun-Mon, and a couple are closed just Mondays.

Fabric Depot! Definitely allot for 2-3 hours, it's huge! No sales tax in Oregon, good stuff here!

Thank you all for your suggestions. One of the folks who may be there is a former quilting teacher, maybe I can convince her to come along and "chaperone" because I am flying and there is a weight limit for suitcases! I will make time for the Fabric Depot and if there is any other time available, maybe visit one or two of the others.

I would suggest trying to hit Cool Cottons and Fabric Depot. At Cool Cottons you'll see some more obscure imported fabrics, but you'll have to bus instead of max. The Tri Met website will navigate pretty accurately.

At Fabric Depot you'll just find alot. If you're going n a weekend before 6 they have their outdoor sale now which has a bunch of $5 a yard fabrics. They're also open until 9PM so it should There are a couple of corners that its easy to miss. The batiques blend into the bridal section bad some of the quilt cottons do too. There's a Managers Special sale rack that I see as the dividing line that's easy to miss. The flannel and Minky are surrounded by quilting fabric. In the back corner by notions and home dec I the remnants section which has good stuff too.

Can you tell I was there last weekend and used to live up the street? ;)

You forgot to mention Mill End Fabric. the Milwaukie store also boasts at being the biggest fabric store in the nation. If you want to see Penelton's fabric line this is a good place to go. That said its in a really obscure corner of town so navigating is kind of a pain.

Oh two other shops not mentioned are

Modern Domestic 1408 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR
(503) 808-9910

Pioneer Quilts

12117 SE Stevens Ct, Happy Valley, OR
(503) 654-1555

in case you end up in either of those neighborhoods.

I'm taking notes from this thread too! We (DH & I) are road-tripping to Portland & back in July and stopping at 2 quilt shows on the way. I can't wait! We live in N.California so it's going to be a GORGEOUS drive. :)

Okay since someone mentioned Pendleton.... There is a factory and store in Camas, Washington, just across the river from Portland. They give tours of the factory and have an outlet shop. I highly recommend it. You can get very nice wool yardage (mill ends) as low as $3, $4, $5 a yard.

(Maybe I should keep my mouth shut... lol!)

There's also a Penelton's outlet across the Highway from Mill End. I haven't been in yet.

And don't let that weight limit stop you, USPS, UPS and FedEx run right to your door...some all the weight you can stuff in a box, others by size and weight. I shipped a box on my trip to Eugene area and paid $40 postage, the box was huge, I bought an iron and loads of fabric and the tax savings alone more than paid for the freight!