A Cathedral Stars Day to Play!

Grand Island has been Grand in every sense of the word!

Where else can you get the whole QUILT ROOM at the state fair grounds to host a workshop for 46?

And then have your evening presentation held to maximum capacity at the beautifully renovated Grand Theater downtown??

They’ve pulled out ALL the stops, and there is no stopping!

Yes, the whole quilt room!

This space is MASSIVE!

And bright, and white and so much fun!

Cathedral Stars is found under the Free Patterns tab at the top of the blog – have you made one?  If not, print out the pattern and jump right on in!

We got right down to making four-patches from strip sets,

Cutting them in already matched pairs ready to sew!

And if you are part of the pink ladies, you sew on a pink featherweight!

And wear pink sewing PJs because we can!

(love these ladies – they are such a joy to be around!)

Nell’s fun polka dots steal the show!

Before long – there were alternate blocks happening with the addition of half square triangle units.

Of course, there is always good food!

We had a lovely catered lunch – mmmmmm!

And oh, my stars -

The stars came out!

End of day and the quilt layout game!

WOW!  A whole mass of gorgeousness is happening right here!

The rest of our workshop day is found in the video below.  Click to play:

Thanks for the wonderful day, everyone!

It was an awesome day all around – and it wasn’t over yet.

Setting up at the Grand!

It’s not every day I get my name on a marquee!

Oh my goodness, the quilters are excited, and so am I!

It was an amazing day all around, in much contrast to what was going on at home as Hurricane Michael roared over the Carolinas – including my small town of Wallburg, NC.

Our little creek at the back of the property turned into a raging river – I have never seen it like this before. 

This is a couple of combined clips The Hubster did of our back yard, and the water crossing the street just 2 doors down from our house yesterday afternoon.

As of last night the power was still out.  It could be a couple of days before power is restored – there were over 40,000 folks without power in my immediate area when I last checked.

Maybe I’m glad I’m in Nebraska after all!

Today we’ve got a Virginia Bound workshop up on deck – bring on the string piecing.  We’ll be back at the fair grounds again, and I’m looking forward to a great day in the quilt mines!

Quiltville Quote of the Day.

As much as we are what we eat, we are also what we speak.

Choose your words carefully today, just be aware!

Have a wonderful Friday!