And here they are in all their cheerful glory!
Orange never fails to cheer me up
Oh well,
I'm only a year and 5 moths late in starting!
This is my latest block so far
It needs more cowbell
Here's the first block I completed
with SRE daisies
and a good starburst seam treatment
The Tumbling Blocks stitch-a-long is still on Sharon Boggins Blog
if you want to partake or just go look
I think This is going to be an ongoing difficulty with this project.
I want to do it, but other things keep getting in the way
I have 20 or so dark blocks made and a few ideas beside the 3 I've done so far.
I may even revisit some older Ideas but no theme has yet revealed itself to me
And if I ramdomize myself too much I may not finish the project at all.
One 6"ish block a month is enough right? I don't have to finish right now, EVEN THOUGH
I started it late. I keep telling myself that, in between the times I wonder why I haven't finished yet.
Now that the studio is, mostly, finished and moved into I can start finishing projects that have been on hold for forever.
I just finished Quilt about 9 of the 14 flimsies I found in random piles some I put aside because they were too big for the space I had and some that got lost in the constant shuffle.
I also picked up 10 charity quilts for the guild I belong to, we have such a backlog of quilts that need quilting
and as I was nominated and voted in as secretary, I feel honor bound to get as much done there as I can.
I also have my own projects here and there that I want to do, It's hard to keep myself tethered.
Flights of fancy are all well and good, but there is a limit to what one can accomplish on your own.
As my DDH tells me all this pressure is self inflicted......
These are the 6' stars
After moving into the studio and (stILL)trying to organize my space
I haven't figured out a good way of storing my fabric yardage
backs have a space and fat quarters have a space
but other than pilling the yardage on shelves I've got nothin'
and it maybe, that is the answer,
it feels unsatisfying.
and the 4' squares
Nothing is getting done.
I'm moving in and everything is on hold until I find that thing I need in a box somewhere...
the disorganization is making me itchy.
to where I think it will fit my needs best.
Now it's just a matter of finding a home for all of it
Then consolidating what had been in use and in storage.
Then I can start organizing by color/size/etc.
Though, between all this
I am trying to figure out how to use Beastie, the Innova long arm.
It's a learning curve, that's getting curvier.
As of today I have emptied 18 bankers boxes!
Woo!
Goodness me
The last time I spoke the studio looked like the construction disaster it was
We got all the windows in
But one of the pains broke so we had to wait a couple weeks for a replacement
Meanwhile The wiring for electricity and LIGHTS
went in, January Ahhhhhhh!
the drywall went up, February, yay!
we got the flooring delivered, Whoop!
And I got to play Muddy Mudskipper on the walls
Finally!
many buckets of mud and a few more trips to hodo
As you do
I got all the walls nice and sanded smooth
then painted primer, 2 coats
Annnnd the color is,
a nice soft mossy green
IKR? bad enough we have moss outside?
With a little bit of pink for accent on the doors
It will be lovely to work in
I took 2 days to get this far
And my back hurts
These Are easy to install bUt
There is a bit of a learning curve
and the first 2 or 3 rows are a pain in the ass to get started
of scooting around on my butt, hammering
not bad for an old lady ya?
Adam finished putting in all the outlets and covers
And once the electrician comes back to finish
the floor outlets and wire in the outside light,
heat pump And the exhaust fan
I will get working on all the quarter round to finish up the floors
But wait!
We still need to frame in the windows and fit up the windowsills, It's always something......
I just want to move in........now!
I try not to post too much on political things, since many out there have few places to avoid what it going on in DC, but things are not well in this country and have not been well for a very long time.
I fear the course correction that is coming will be devastating for many in our fractious country.
I have stated before I don't understand where the, cruelty for cruelties sake, streak comes from in humans.
How can you live with yourself when you know you have caused harm?
How can you enjoy the causing of harm?
How is undermining the safety and stability of others beneficial?
We have seen through the lens of history that Slavery, oppression and inefficiency causes more instability and costs more in money, effort and time to perpetuate, than happy productivity in society and yet here we are.
Clawing back time, destroying a working, if flawed, government and causing harm to not just us but the world. Why? so a few bazillionaires can make more money they will never use? So they can feel even more superior to the rest of us? why? for what reason? To stroke an ego so small and fragile it needs to step on others to feel better about it's own inadequacy? How banal. How disappointing.
How white supremacist.
I'm superior and yet so afraid I have to carry a gun everywhere, but I'm rich enough I can hire others to do it for me and i'll use my infant son as a shield to protect me from sharpshooters, is the height of frighted white manbaby. The orange puppet is no better.
Tell me your mother didn't hug you enough as a child, that you must destroy everything better men and women than you, built over 2+ centuries, to feel like you've made your mark on the world.
How inadequate. How flaccid. How boring.
I put it out into the Universe,
May they all get what they deserve.
May they all get what they deserve.
May they all get what they deserve.
made from 2 1/2 inch squares and 1 inch squares
sewn from point to point for the star arms
to make 6" blocks
Happy Yellow scrap squares on my table
Nice and bright for this months gloomy weather
16 opposites attracting my attention this week
These 4" squares will be a nice addition to the TBA pile!
I added 2 more leaves and several more new berry stems
but It still felt empty
what to do?
But there is a small hole, to my eye,
between the big gold leaf and the snail
I need to think on that one
A Bee maybe?
It's feeling off balance somehow.
Time to finish the leaves and dragonfly and figure this conundrum out.
Annd now I see 3 holes and they've gotten bigger.
How is that possible?
use the Half square triangle in your quilt
So I framed my block for this round
in 2" HST's
I have visions of a small porch with an overhang and stairs!
Starting my first "Stay at home Round Robin (SHARR)" experience!
Ever begin to feel like you have too many hobbies?
me neither.
I'm in the process of ripping apart my sewing space in preparation formoving into my new Sewing room, soonsometimeinthenextmonth
that should all be said together in a hummmmmmmm!
in which there is now a floor, 2 windows and a door!
woo!
I'm trying to be methodical in my sorting and boxing
but my squirrel brain keeps running amok
She's finding all the buried nuts of old 1/2 finished projects, she was going to do.
Sounds like my lost tribe no? Princess allthehobbies of the Wasgonnado tribe
Anyhow a week of boxing up aaaand.I've run out of boxes and all that's moved is fabric and books.
I've barely made a dent.
Awwwe..........