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Monday, June 9, 2025
Diamonds Forever Tumbling Update
Saturday, May 24, 2025
A few new Tumbling Blocks
Friday, May 23, 2025
Saturday, May 3, 2025
CQ Tumbling Blocks
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
And a cloudy moon for the full moon that just passed
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......
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Rainbow scrap challenge is Red
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
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Meanwhile back at the ranch
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.
I got all the furniture in and adjusted
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.
And THEN I can get back to making fun stuff.
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!
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Studio Update
I just realized It's been a while since I updated about the studio!
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
Now for the floors
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
This is after the 3rd day
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!