Fall Finale Quilt finished.........

Had a busy last 3 weeks and it feels good to be home and finish some bindings on my quilts. When we got home I found a box waiting for me from my quilter with 4 of my quilts all machine quilted. I quickly finished this little Fall quilt first so that I could enjoy it for awhile.

I made this quilt using the GRAND FINALE fabric by Moda . My quilter did a wonderful job quilting fall leaves on it.



We were in Reno last week celebrating our 39th wedding anniversary ! We stayed at the Peppermill ,and saw the musical " HAIRSPRAY " . We had a great time !

Fishing at the Lake.....

Hi ! Not much sewing going on. We have been taking a few trips and I thought I would share some pictures. 2 weeks ago we went to Pinecrest Lake , California with our friends. We got up that saturday morning to hook up the tent trailer to the truck and found that we had NO brakes lights on the truck or the trailer :-( I called up there and booked a townhouse last minute. We were determined to go after all of our planning and packing. The lake was low and we fished off the shore. We all caught our limit both days and our friend caught a BIG ONE 18 1/2" long. We walked around the cabins there and saw these mushrooms and carved bear & Racoon......... Just thought I would share some pictures from our trip....










Last week we drove to Apple Hill , California , had carmel apples HMMM ! and stayed overnight at Lake Tahoe . I will try to post some pictures next week.

Sewing Machines... 1 being repaired & 1 new

Hi ! No sewing for me the last 2 weeks :-( My Viking Sapphire 830 has been in the repair shop and boy do I miss sewing ! OH.... GOOD NEWS the repair shop just called and it all fixed and ready for me to pick up YEAHHH! All it needed was to be serviced and a belt replaced ! I am going to head down there this morning and pick it up.
A new addition to my Casige Toy sewing machine collection.... See the machine on the far left ?
Just bought this beauty on Ebay Isn't it cute with all of its little flowers.
Well I am off to pick up my sewing machine.... I have alot of sewing to catch up on

Hellman-Ehrman Mansion Lake Tahoe and Log Cabin quilt...

We went on vacation a few weeks ago to Lake Tahoe and took a tour of the Hellman - Ehrman Mansion State Park . This is the front of Pine Lodge which sits on over 2,000 Acres and was built in 1903. Here is the link if you would like to read more http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=991
This is the side of the lodge where there is a gazebo and where you can book weddings now
This lovely couple is our good friends Ken & Sue who went on this trip with us. We have been friends for over 40 years and my hubby has known Ken since Kindergarten over 55 years. They are sitting on the front porch of the mansion waiting for our tour and this is what they are looking at from the porch !


This picture is us standing on the pier looking up at the mansion
Here is Ken wondering around checking out the boathouse and this OLD log cabin
Speaking of Log Cabins here is my Log Cabin quilt top I just finished that is ready to send to the quilter. I made this out of all Jo Morton Providence fabric. This is quilt # 11 for 2011

Smoky is hanging out on the window ledge in the kitchen nook. She barely fits.