Home from Lake Tahoe and Genoa Nevada

We left Reno at noon on the 15th of November and arrived home around 11am on the 16th.  It took three plane rides and an overnight in Toronto but I finally made it.


We visited 2 quilt shops and would have gone to the third one in Truckee, CA but it had closed. 


The first place we went to was to Fabrics Unlimited in South Lake Tahoe.  This was a very large shop which was overloaded with fabric.  I had a ball looking around here.  I did buy some batik fabric and I thought I might make a Hunter Star quilt with it.

Three colours of blue,

Lynda likes to wander through quilt shops to find Rooster fabric.  Every shop has different fabric and Lynda found some new ones that we hadn't seen before.

After she found these panel squares,

we started to look for something

that would go with it

to make placemats.

This is what she chose.

The black polka dots for borders and

the stripped for backing.

I also bought a pattern for a bag.  I couldn't resist it.  It is called "Tahoe Tote" by Pink Sand Beach Designs. 

When we got to Gardnerville we found "The Quilt House" and I purchased some fabric to make the tote.  I wanted to purchase fabric in or around Lake Tahoe to truly make it A Tahoe Tote.

I chose 2 blues and a pale green.

I also bought a second tote pattern and fabric

to make it.

This is Carmel

by "A Quilter's Dream"

Their website says that this pattern

is one of their best sellers.

Peggy