A Little Fish Story

I am having the worst time blogging!  I could not get the cursor at the top to show up and this is where it ended up!  This is my 5th time trying today.  So, I give up. 

Two weeks ago I took a short vacation with two friends to Kentucky Lake.  Way at the bottom of KY.   My friend, Judy, has a condo there with her DH.  She's the driver of the  boat.  The first day was too windy to go on the lake so we ended up shopping and going to Hancock's fabrics in Paducah.  WOW!  My friends don't sew and they were so sweet to take me there and let me shop my fool head off.  I bought some wonderful fabric and we were ready to go when Judy (bless her sweet heart) asked if I was sure I went in the back area.  She made me go back and check it out.  WOW!  Rows of fat quarters, charm packs, layer cakes, jelly rolls.  Oh my goodness.  More damage to the wallet but it was so worth it.  The next day was spent on the lake.  Darlene really wanted to fish.  I couldn't let her fish alone.  She caught the large mouth bass.  I was ready to quit and decided two more tries and that's it!  Don't you know I caught a catfish on my last try.  We headed in, learned how to clean them, and cooked them on the grill.  MMMM, mmmm.  They were tasty!

Now, if I can get blogger to work, I'll do another post soon with sewy pictures.

Marsha

Winter Vacation

My DH and I went to PA last weekend to visit our parents. While we were in Erie, we took a short jaunt to the penninsula. It juts out into Lake Erie and is a pretty drive with the bay side and the lake side having their own personalities. My husband and friend took a walk and I tried out my metal detector on the beach side. There is still a lot of ice on the lake and beach.
The only thing I found was a spring and after 30 min. I was COLD.

Here is an over-view of the bay side,



Here are a few of the lake side,

















After Erie, we traveled to Pittsburgh to see my parents. We had nothing planned so my Mom and I went to The Quilt Company. If you ever have the chance to go there, do so. It is fabulous. Bright and airy with lots of room to move around and shop in. We picked out a purse pattern that we both liked, 'cause it looked simple, and then the fabric to make them (with no promises on when it would be done).
Here's the purse pattern with my Mom's fabric choices on the left and mine on the right.




Fat quarters etc.








It was a good trip. The weather was nice and sunny (unusual for Erie, PA).

The mail man brought our vacation 'hold' mail on Thursday and I had lots of goodies. The linen of the month from Hand Dyed Fibers which has been one of the best things I ever signed up for. It has a soft feel and the colors are perfect for samplers. A new file-a-floss box. I spent Friday night and part of Sat. bagging up my silk threads and filing them. ('ll show pictures later) I also received a gift from my secret stitcher. What a wonderful surprise. She included everything to make it and green pins so I can make a pinkeep. Lucky socks too. How awesome is that!










While I was working on organizing my sewing supplies and Queen City Sampler Guild
papers, Clark found himself a cozy place to take a nap.

Marsha