Love it. Please give Paul a raise for the way he puts sound effects in on your thoughts. 😂

Sometimes the answer is right under our nose. The shirt you are wearing in this video appears to be the colorway you ended up choosing for your quilt!

As much as I love listening to you I love the wit that Paul brings to the editing and the overall production. I always watch your videos several times because there's so much humor and intelligence along with the great approach to color and quilting.

Thank you for sharing this enriching process. One of my favorite things about quilting is when I let go of a design that is not working. When I put away the fabrics that don’t belong together, or don’t belong in this quilt, I feel rich beyond compare. The fabrics I didn’t use are doubly satisfying and valuable, because they have been saved for another quilt, where they Will Truly Belong . I am grateful for my creativity, my inspiration, and the patience and maturity To Start Over. That is truly satisfying creativity.

What a colorway journey! Great storytelling!! Thanks for the trip!

Your daughter (the Colorist) is so thoughtful. What an awesome help she is! I love-love the new path you found by taking that step back and being open to something you hadn’t envisioned initially. It IS ‘just right!’

Ohhh, friend! This going to be an absolutely Scrumptious quilt! It screams sashiko to me.

These fabric-pull videos are my favorite. I so enjoy your collaboration with your daughter--she is so clear and cuts right through the fluff. This will be a wonderful Goldilocks quilt. Good job.

I live by the “Finished is better than perfect “ mantra but you made me realize that compromising at the very onset is not the right way to go about quilting. This is way too much labor and expense to cut corners before there is really a need to cut corners. I think you were absolutely on the right track in continuing your search for the right fabric/fabric combination. ❤

I love watching your process of a fabric pull! I enjoy doing it as well. Great job allowing yourself to compromise! As for “imperfections,” I am as careful as I can be, but once I have worked & often reworked a project, I say “this is the best I can do for now” & I enjoy the result! Great video!

I love, love, love, love, love your daughter. She has her head and heart on straight! XOX

You are so right. The colors matter. Especially when there are only 5 solids. Execution mistakes are live-able if you have chosen the right colors. But the wrong colors will always make us uncomfortable.

Of course you have a shirt on that I would cut up and use in a quilt, Cathy 😂 It is so funny when you pause and then say “I hated it” I know it’s coming it’s hilarious and so honest and relatable !! Great sharing of process here … something I say over and over again about what you share with us. This deep sharing and method teaching is lacking in the quilting community, IMO, and again I’m so thankful for you! Anyway, can’t wait to see the finished fireside!!! ❤

That block is stunning in its simplicity.

I needed to watch this video twice because the first time through my eyes where glued on what I am calling "the holly quilt" on your design wall !!!!! That quilt just might be the one for me to finally make a Christmas quilt after 35 years !!!! ps -- catbird quilts is so boss !!!

Yes, favorite color of the recipient is important and the place to begin...then you can play around with that and its pleasing compliments. Your color pencil drawings are not wasted because each one has its own merit. Some of us love purple and we were cheering for the purple/red choice❤. However you are not making the quilt for us "purple people"...your friend needs a quilt with colors that resonate with her. Any of those color pallets would work in a quilt but the one you chose for your friend will be something she will cherish and in her eyes...nothing could be more beautiful!! ❤ it will be a stunning quilt...guaranteed!

Loved hearing you work through the process! I think there’s so much value in thinking of our initial blocks as sample blocks. The art of color selection and placement is wonderful and sometimes frustrating, but when you settle in.... magical!

Yes! You and I are kindred spirits on this one. LOVE the fabric pull step and "chewing" on the options until I find the perfect combo. Funny that my quilting "bestie" uses fabric lines and struggles to make her own choices. Thanks for another great video ❤

Good morning Cathy, I could watch you pick colors for days! I wish I had your skill. Sometimes taking a breath and a step back helps me. Can’t wait to see the finished quilt, it’s going to be gorgeous! Have a wonderful weekend, over 100 here in Northern California all week, so hope to get some sewing in the air conditioning. 🥰🥰🥰

I laughed out loud when you said your friend's favorite color was orange! That was a surprise!

Oh snap! You just changed the color game! 🎉Hmmm 🤔 it’s still going to be scrumptious!

The first thing I try to learn about a quilt recipient? Favorite color! If Daughter is the Colorist, then you are the Curator. Can’t wait to see how this quilt turns out. I have the pattern.

I just made two quilt tops (one queen, and one 70”x79” large lap) with shirts from my uncle who passed away in December. Bless your heart for using shirts for your fabric stash. I don’t think I will ever again use them in a whole quilt. The thicker fabric was not so bad, but there were a couple of shirts that were made of shirting fabric and were very thin and raveled horribly. I’m glad I made them and my aunt will love them, but I am glad I’m on to the quilting portion of them.

I LOVE what you landed on in the end! It's so interesting to think through color choices and layout, and also frustrating when something just isn't quite right.

I made my mother a linen quilt from the scraps left over from my husband's shirts. I always ask for the remnants from the tailor. She uses it as her nap quilt, and now I want one lol.

Love the colorway you ended up with! Fireside immediately makes me think of red/orange/yellow/blue like fire!

When you were initially working with blue fabrics, I was hollering PICK light grey! This is a perfect quilt to stabilizer those tiny linen pieces.

It is so enlightening to hear all about your processes. It's good to hear that someone else who likes order can make something "just right"! LOL

I love this process too. It teaches patience, and allows for serendipity (God's tender mercies) in finding the perfect fabric combinations. I hope you get to make the navy/cream quilt someday too.

Paul's commentary is feeding my soul. I can listen to you talk about fabric all day long ❤, but Paul's comments put a fine point on these videos. 😂😂

I love all the phrases you mentioned at the end, especially the galloping horse one. I have a wall hanging over my fireplace that I completed a couple of years ago. It’s not completely square and you can see where the binding came together. Or I should say that I can really see where the binding comes together. It’s so obvious to me. I do my best not to fixate on it. However, as I’m sitting here looking at it again, I’ve decided that it should be a lesson in giving myself grace. Nothing done by hand will ever be perfect, but that’s what makes it special.

Wow - that was a great color story today, Cathy. Thank you for sharing.

Love the end result of your selection, but also loved the process in which you got there. Isn't it great when someone else (kudos to your daughter ❤) can look at what you are trying to achieve and ask you the questions needed. I couldn't help staring at your blouse and imagining what quilts it would look great in and asking myself ... "is it 100% cotton?" LOL

I love the quilt you’re planning but seriously want to make the one behind you….

Once again, the content is SO relatable! The original vision, the struggle, the brink of giving up, the second insight, the triumph! Hero's journey! Operatic! 😂 I absolutely enjoyed the heck out of this. Thank you both! 😘

I can absolutely relate to your hesitation in using background fabrics that don't look right to you when in the same quilt. I struggle with trying to make it work but when I've done that, I don't love the project. Other quilting friends don't understand my 'fussiness' but I have learned to listen to my preferences. I love the colors that you selected and I am anxious to see it put together!

You could look in your closet for color combo inspiration. The blouse you are wearing has the colors you finally chose! 😊

I agree! The decision-making process, especially as it pertains to color/fabric selection, is so satisfying!

Hello from Portland Oregon, Cathy! Over thinking, oh my how I identify. What are you trying to accomplish? Children can really nail it for us. We do too much, want too much for perfection at times in the creative process. I needed to hear this truth yet one more time. Your friend is going to love the quilt, looking forward to pictures. I appreciate you taking us through your process. I am going to sort through the boxes of colored pencils from my kids days in school and put them on my cutting table. We are transforming our eldest sons room into my sewing room. So excited...the painting is done, a WIP for sure.

Your final picks of fabrics are beautiful, I’m looking forward to seeing your quilting journey for the Fireside quilt. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️🙂

Cathy what a fun thing to watch. We’ve all been in the weeds starting a quilt. Kudos for stopping, and putting it all away and starting from scratch. Feels so good when you see the end result when you’ve waited. Personally being a blue LOVER, I hope you will make the first quilt of the three blues with cream fabric!!! I found the original navy block STUNNING!!!!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 it’s kind of funny that your shirt has similar colors as your happy fabric pull. 💛🧡❤️💙🩵😁

This was very interesting to watch. I recently did a switch from my first idea (fabric choice) to totally different color. It took " a bit" to get my brain around , changing my mind about it. I didn't have enough of the fabric I loved 😢. But I was able to find something beautiful. And when it all came together, it was , ahhhh, I love it! So yeah all these things are important to some of us quilters! Thanks for sharing your journey. I'm looking forward to the completed quilt! It's gonna be stunning. You do beautiful work🎉

I'm chewing on some fabric pulls upstairs...waiting for more inspiration. Lol.

Your final choice is so lovely, spring like colours that are uplifting. We call it tomato red, a warm red orange.

I LOVE your process. I agree….it has to feel just right and make you happy from the beginning because as you said..there will be other compromises during the process. I cannot wait to see this quilt. I love the pattern you chose. 💕

Gotta love it when things just work out (though sometimes a longer process that others) 😉🤷🏻‍♀️ Love what you came up with! 🥰👏🏻

It’s so interesting to hear about your approach to choosing colors, which is very different from mine, but what’s the same is wanting the juxtaposition of colors to click with each other. So many people are afraid to choose colors. My palette comes from scraps cast off by members of my quilt guild. The pieces tell me how they’re meant to fit together. I never know what the outcome will be at the outset, and that’s the way I like it. Even the “ugly fabrics” have a contribution to make. ❤

My favorite process too! I’ll wait forever to find “my “ correct color way and pattern.

The face I made when you said she asked, "Does it have to be linen?" HA! And then "...pretending link I wasn't gonna use any linen." It turned out so happy, though!

Yes to creative problem solving! It's so very satisfying. ❤

My two largest quilts to date were planned with specific fabrics. However, once I truly started to put them together, I realized I no longer liked all the fabrics I had originally chosen. I did use some of them in both quilts, but my “curated” original choices just did not chill. So here I am, with fabric that wasn’t quite right, that I spent money on thinking, I just need to use them anyways, because you know that guilt thing, but then realized, no no no. I will not be happy with the end result and might not even finish those projects. Then truly all that fabric was a waste. So, tweaking, reselecting, finding the right fabrics that made me happy, that cleared up the old guilt and in the end, I did eventually use some of those fabrics in other quilt projects. The journey to the end result was worth it both in how much more satisfied I was and even with additional expense. I think the new choices are so much more fun and really will fit your friend even better. Thanks again for a great video. See you in the funny papers!

You could try the dark navy block as a table topper. Don’t un-pick, it’s beautiful and a reminder of your journey.

Can't wait to see this quilt!

Interesting topic. I started quilting before bundles were a thing. I find that now even when I get a bundle, I break it up and do a pull of mixed lines. I'm perhaps not as selected as you, but it is a part of the process I spend a fair bit of time on.

I looooove your videos....love you humor and presentation, I enjoy your videos probably more than anyone elses!!! thanks for sharing!! 🤩

I love working w/ shirts for the same reason. It’s “Iron Chef” w/ fabric.

As we were shopping in a Goodwill in a near by town, I saw a bright, pink linen men’s shirt. I’m in a no-buy July so didn’t want it for my stash but I told hubby about you.

Enjoyed this video and love your final selections

I love your thought process, I'm the same way! Can't wait to see it!!

You have taught me so much! Thank you from the bottom of my quilty heart ! Quick question about the poly/cotton blend. Do you look at the percentages of the blend or just go with “I love this shirt?” I’ve seen so many saturated color shirts, fell in love, looked at the tag & womp-womp. Poly blend, move on.

I absolutely love your videos.

Yes 🙌🏻 preach it! Let’s give everyone a linen quilt and solve all the world problems! Who knew quilters were secret incognito super heroes!

I like blue with cream..then dark purple with navy beside it …then the line green with either the navy or dark purple in the corners…bold can be beautiful!!!

Great process! I can relate 😊‼️

Hope y’all had a Happy 4th.

Totes? 5 fabric, 1 doll clothes, 2 embroidery, 2 sewing supplies, 2 clothes to repair, 1 mom’s old patterns…….. Stored under daughter’s bed, four at the foot of mine, and both of our closets.

Loved this video. I have the Fireside pattern too, and your process really helped me decide what I want to do. Thanks again, Cathy. 😊😊

Thanks for sharing.

I ❤LOOOVVVE your blouse. Would be so torn between wearing it and using the print in a quilt!😊

Being able to let go of an idea is a very important lesson to learn. I didn't do that in a project rec2and i regret it. I forced a "solution" which has closed the door on the better choice that could have waited and been much better.

I feel your pain. I am having having a problem locking down my color selection on a project. Seems I’ve been working on it for weeks (actually only several several days). I need a colorist. And since that’s out of the question, I am relying heavily on the color wheel. It is helping me to put some structure in my color selection. There may be a chance that I can pin down my blocks and start cutting before the month is over.

Yes!! I won Bobbin Chicken this week!! Was nothing left on the Bobbin, woohoo 😂😂😂

From central Florida

I think the problem is the cooler cream makes the warmer cream seem somewhat dingy when they are close together.

Great episode

I think we’ve all been there - you get the blocks on the wall and the colours fight….

when you said, "bobbin chicken" I thought, "I've never had bobbin chicken....." duh. Then it dawned on me as you went on. :). Guess I was hungry?

Cathy❤️

Your shirt, today, is foreshadowing, lol!

Most if my stash is donated fabrics for charity quilting. I enjoy playing with them to put together a colorway, but it's not easy. I'm thinking that maybe i should invest in a color wheel. You make me see things when you show it that my brain alone does not!

I found this very informative. (Especially the comment on polycotton.) Just wondering - you only have 5 fabrics. Are you using one twice?

I went to Suzy quilts webpage!!! Love her designs, do you have any tips of how to watch the see along, I subscribed to the newsletter, but still can’t figure out how to watch the sew along!! If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it!!❤

The navy and cream block is beautiful. Please don’t unpick it. I was showing all my family how perfect it is. It would be a great (large) cushion

When you say all linen, are you including linen/cotton shirts or 100% linen?

G'morning! Enjoyed your video- yes, I've struggled with the want vs need vs reality situation. Hey- next time, please put a picture of the quilt pattern you are discussing up first. It'll make it so much easier to "join" in on your thought process. Looking forward to seeing this one come together ❤️

I love the quilt behind you . What pattern is that please ?

I so enjoy your videos and I save them for the end of day on Fridays as a special treat for myself for making it through what are sometimes very challenging weeks. I have been thrifting shirts to use for quilting and started my first one just last week. While thrifting a few weeks ago I picked up a fairly large piece of fabric yardage (4 1/2 yards!) that I’m certain is either linen or cotton. I did the burn test and it completely burns to ash with no melting. Is there a way to tell for certain which it is? It’s a beautiful light oatmeal color and will go with just about anything.

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Wow you could have just looked to your shirt. Teals, aqua, oranges.

I wish I could find linen shirts. I’m from Michigan, do you think linen shirts for men is a southern thing?

What’s the quilt behind you!? I have an abundance of green

Happy Friday! My grandmother used to ask if the color combinations were" singing to her". While the first colors may have worked, when you brought out the blue orange and yellow , the whole choir sang AMEN AMEN AMEN. I may have squealed a little bit!😊. This is why the process is so important, and so worth the work. Your friend will love this quilt. Happy quilting!

Hello, I found your videos and love them. I noticed that you use a brother pq1500/1600. I try to quilt with this machine and it constantly cuts the thread too short. Is there a fix for it? I searched your playlist and did not see anything about the machine. Please help

God bless your “colorist”, that child needs a raise! 😂

That color wheel works! Thank you for another great video….🩷❤️🧡💙🩵💃🏻🎉🪡🧵