Autumn, Quilts & Mt Fuji.

Just got back from a few days by Lake Yamanakako near Mt Fuji, enjoying autumn in all its glory. 

We relaxed at a cosy inn, owned by a Japanese family & ate too much delicious Japanese food 

cooked by the innkeeper's wife, who also folded original wrappers for our chopsticks. 

Unfortunately, Fuji-san was behind a thick mist all those days so no nice pic of it. 
You can imagine that it's still there, across the lake, in the mist. 

Luckily, we still have good memories of this beautiful mountain, as you can see in this pic from a previous visit. 

Fishes were abundant in the lake !!! Our 10 year old Annika took these pics since so I can blog about them. 

And I did what most quilters would do...take along a pile of quilts 

& quilt tops to be photographed against the incredible autumn colours. 

Unfortunately, the typhoon was there at the same time so we had to take quick pics in between the rain. 

Brought along some metal clips & an extension pole. I know the rigid pole is not so pretty but luckily I did,  since the fences were mostly wet & there wasn't any low, sturdy, horizontal branches that we could use. 

 It kept raining & stopping & raining. Only dropped a quilt once, down on that wet floor! 

Some quilts, some quilt tops & some waiting for more quilting to be done. 

One even have a needle & thread in it (if you can spot it!). 

I love the pics that we managed to take. A big thank you to my 2 men who patiently held up the quilts! 

Also brought along scraps so I could cut & trim - a collection of many favourite fabrics for another project. 

( My attempt at stash busting, Alia ! ).

Probably breaking another quilt rule as the scraps are of different thickness & texture. 

It's a real colourful mish-mash & I love it & that will be for my next post. 

Happy Autumn days!