Plans . . . . .

I had many plans over the last week of what I was going to do this weekend.  All of that went up in smoke when I started to feel under the weather Tuesday night.  Long story but I didn't spend Thanksgiving with Dear Hubby, Computer Geek or the Married One.  I thought that would give me plenty of time to sew and decorate, etc.

As it was, I made it to Cracker Barrel with The Wild One and TurfBoy and proceeded to spend the rest of the time in bed.  I managed to decorate three of the big trees.  I got out of bed long enough to put the first tree up (artificial and pre-lit which only took five minutes), took a nap, put on half the ornaments, took another nap, put on the rest of the ornaments ..... well, you get the picture.  Three days, three trees.

Dear Hubby is back home and is taking good care of me.  IMHO, he should be since he is the one that brought the cold home to me from work (he works in a high school).  He is over his episode of sickness now.  Took him a week.  I figure I have a few more days and I will be ready to get back to work.

Although my shows are over for the season, the January shows are just around the corner.  I need to get a LOT of wool dyed again (thanks to all the great sales I had!  WhooHoo).  I have new samples in the works and new kits coming in the new year.

First on the agenda is Sweet Baby Girl's quilt to be quilted ..... still.

Blessings, Cathi

Better show her first . . . . .

I finished the top of Sweet Baby Girl's quilt last Friday but I thought I ought to show the Married One first before I showed you.  I will be layering it this afternoon.  Maybe by the end of the weekend it will be quilted.    

I have come down with a wicked cold so I better not give the quilt to her until I am all better.  Here is a sneak peak.

Last June (of 2011), I talked about a little mistake I made cutting the flying geese for a quilt.  The plan was to use the mis-cut pieces for another top.  I did it!  17 months later but hey, the top is finished. 

I have found a piece of batting to fit this top along with 5 others.  Yup, 6 tops all ready to quilt.  Plus Sweet Baby Girls quilt.  They are all small so if I can find some backing this afternoon, I will see how many I can get finished over the weekend.  If this cold doesn't do me in first!

Blessings, Cathi

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