A Snowy Day In Idaho

Greetings and happy birthday to me!  No cake this year; I decided to have chocolate pie instead.  Meanwhile, I have been carrying my shark quilt around in my car for weeks, trying to figure out where to take a photo of it.  So, this morning, after chocolate pie, we went out in the backyard and took a photo in the snowiness. 

Remember that D or F movie about snow sharks?  These are not snow sharks, but there are a lot of them in this quilt.  Shannan named the quilt, "Smooth Sailing in Shark Infested Waters".  It is a little long, but I love it.  If you click on the photo it will enlarge so you can see the details of the quilt, including the S.S. Crabby submarine in the lower right corner.

The pie was made last night, mostly by my husband.  It has a wonderful gluten free crust.  What a great day!

Quilting Retreat in Cascade

On October 27, A and I drove up to Cascade with our sewing machines, rotary cutters, and our projects.  We had not been to this location before.  It was at Trinity Pines camp.  They sure had plenty of room!  They had a lovely view and it was snowing when we arrived.  I got to sit next to A and across from a couple other quilters that I knew.  We met some folks we had sewed with last year, when the retreat was at the Ashley Inn.

This photo shows the view of the mountains out our window.  This huge room had windows on three sides!  I shot this over the top of my machine (which is not in the photo).  That is Shannan's embroidery machine in the photo.  I counted 14 embroidery machines at our retreat.  I prefer doing my own thing.

Speaking of "my own thing," above is the beginnings of my shark quilt.  I love those shark fabrics!

This is a view of the great outdoors, from the safety of the covered balcony that wraps around that huge room we were all sewing in.

This is the view from our cabin, as the sun came up on Thursday.  Our cabin has three bedrooms down-stairs and two up-stairs.  Each bedroom has it's own "on-suite."  On-suite means bathroom.  A and I shared a bedroom. 

This view is from up in the balcony, inside that huge room.  We had a gal giving chair massages up there.  She was very good.  Each of has had a six-foot table to spread out on.  My table is the one in the lower left with the empty blue and white swivel chair.  You can see A to my right, working away, and Shannan and Marie across from us. 

After I finished my shark quilt top, I started on my Halloween wall-hanging.  I did not get it finished before our fun time was over.

We drove back to our valley on Sunday, Oct 30.  I did finish my Halloween wall-hanging on November 2nd.  

Tada!  It is done in time for next year!