Gray is hot . . . . .

Who would have thunk it but gray is the new hot color for baby's room.  Maybe because it lets all the accent colors pop.  Married One has chosen gray for the Sweet Baby Girl's room with accents of aqua, bright yellow and magenta.

Although she doesn't know which quilt pattern I chose or any of the fabrics, she rarely looks at my blog so I feel safe showing some of it.

She loves chevrons so I will be making a simple chevron pattern from half square triangles.  I spent last night cutting the squares, drawing my line from corner to corner and sewing down 1/4" on each side of the line.

Today was spent pressing.  (Along with a thorough spring cleaning of my bedroom ... only 6 months late).  This was the pile from this afternoon.  The 120 4-1/2" squares have been trimmed and I will spend the rest of the evening sewing them in to rows and the rows in to a quilt.

Better hurry ..... only 5 weeks left!!

Blessings, Cathi

Finally back at home . . . . .

I had good intentions of showing all the shows I have gone to and the people I have met but I seem to keep forgetting to take the camera with me.

Since my last post, I have been to the Quilters of South Carolina retreat where I was a teacher and a vendor (and the vendor coordinator).  I taught a simple penny rug project with double stack and triple stack pennies as well as tongues and double tongues.  It was a full class with 15 wonderful students.

This past weekend was a quilt show in beautiful New Bern, North Carolina.  Although New Bern is located on the coast, the hurricane didn't impact us as bad as other parts of the Atlantic Coast.  But we still had to pack up the booth and load it up in 20+ mph winds and rain.  We were soaked by the time we finished!

While I was in that part of the state, our family had a baby shower for The Married One and the Son-In-Law.  They are having a girl that is due Christmas week.  Dear Hubby and I are over the moon!

They both are so happy!

The mommy and the grandma (me!)

And finally, since the weather has turned, I picked the rest of the peppers and basil left in the garden.  I just love the colors!  Most of them will be frozen to use in soups and chili this winter.  Except maybe those habaneros that you see in the front of the pile.  I don't know why Dear Hubby grows so many!

Blessings, Cathi

If only I lived closer . . . . .

to Minnesota.  

Stacy from Buttermilk Basin and Karen from My Red or Yellow Farmhouse (it used to be Yellow but now is Red) and Farmhouse Woolens is having an open house in mid-November to kick off the holiday season.

Check out the Buttermilk Basin's website starting this coming Monday (Oct. 15th) to find out all the details.

In the meantime, here is their flyer.

If only I lived closer ..... I'd be there every day.

Blessings, Cathi

Thank you! . . . . .

Thanks to all my customers today at the Cabarrus quilt show for your patience while I cussed under my breath at Intuit. It turns out that it wasn't my computer or the wifi connection or the operator (me!) but Intuit's website was down all across the country for most of the day. Whatever was broke is now fixed and all is right with the world!

And speaking of Cabarrus quilt show . . . . . 

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the second and last day of the Cabarrus Quilters Guild annual quilt show.

The show is held at the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center, 4751 NC Hwy 49 North, Concord, North Carolina.  The show is from 10 am until 5 pm.  Lots of beautiful quilts and bunches of vendors.  Come on out and visit!!

Blessings, Cathi

Yes, I know it's been over two weeks ....... Stay tuned ...........

Blessings, Cathi