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Saturday, May 3, 2025

CQ Tumbling Blocks

I am so behind on this project

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...... 

3 comments:

  1. More cowbell!! Hahaha! Christopher Walken said everyone always says that to him. So once he told Will Ferrell, “you ruined my life!” 😂

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  2. Oh, now let’s talk about your crazy quilting! 🤦🏼‍♀️. I love the clouds! Doing tumbling blocks in CQ has got to be a loooooong term project. I imagine there’s not that much room to develop such a large motif. Didn’t Sharon Boggon do a tumbling blocks CQ once?

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    1. Anonymous11:55 AM

      2 years ago she did a stitch-a-long on her Pintangle blog and on Crazyquilters international FB page I meant to join in then but had to many other projects in flight to pay more than cursory attention.
      I have always admired her work and this quilt in particular, but to do it justice, I must give it my full attention!
      Her Blog is a step-by-step guide if you want to see;
      https://pintangle.com/2023/01/12/diamonds-are-forever-crazy-quilt-stitch-along/

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