Cattail ~ October ’25

It’s that time again ~ I’m stitching with friends at the Cattail Retreat house in Poynette, WI. And the Fall colors are lovely.

I missed this group’s last retreat due to moving my parent’s into senior care, so I was really looking forward to this one. As always the friends, food, and extra adventures were all great. On Friday we did a shop hop to Sandy Creek quilts and a fun alpaca shop. Out front was a crocheted bike! It’s not something you see every day.

A few of us also made a side trip to Madison to attend the grand opening of my friend Wendy’s new Sew Much More store.

It is big and beautiful! And so needed with the loss of JoAnns. They have everything a quilter could want!

And the classroom is spacious.

I know it will be a huge blessing to the sewists in Madison, just like their Waukesha store is to those in the Milwaukee area!

We also spent a lot of time quilting! It’s such fun to see what everyone is working on. Isn’t Mary’s quilt top yummy? I love her use of color gradation.

April was working on adorable puffin blocks.

While Laura accomplished some lovely hand work.

Judy is new to our group and she made blocks for a granddaughter’s quilt.

Sandy’s autumn quilt turned out sew pretty.

And Cathy’s is too!

I worked on a number of different projects. You’ll get to read about the main one in next week’s post. I also brought a hunter’s star lap sized top I’d started in Paducah. I wanted to do something unexpected, and had a bit of fun with a large polka dot gradation fabric jumping through the center.

The colors were chosen to go with the VW fabric on the left, but I’m not thinking it’s a good fit any longer. Hmm. I’m not sure what I’ll do next with it.

Quiltina and Quiltilly jumped into my suitcase and were happy to hang around and offer opinions.

While chippy (our mascot from a previous retreat) snuck in too. April gifted him a key she received in her goodie bag from Sew Much More. Doesn’t he look dapper?

It’s been a fun weekend, but our time together has come to an end, and I need to go pack up. Hope you’re enjoying the beautiful autumn colors!