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Hi Quilty Friends! I’m popping in with a short and sweet update. As you can see below, I’ve officially finished the Cake Stand blocks I was working on last week. 

 Last week's goal was to finish 34 Cake Stand quilt blocks by Monday, two days ago.  I'm two days late posting and still have not finished them.  I knew when setting the goal that it was going to be a tough one to accomplish but challenges are fun, right?  I also had a veggie garden to weed, harvest and preserve.  Along with the normal summer chores, housework, errands and Mr. Podunk was having an out patient surgery on his foot.  We'll talk more about his foot later.  To prepare for his surgery I needed something to do ...

 In the last few weeks there's been a lot of digging through scrap fabrics out here in Podunk.  All that digging stirred up the need to sew up something...... and it's all cut and ready to go!  Remember these tiny Cake Stand blocks?  

Sewing these 5-inch Cake Stand blocks is just as tricky as you'd imagine.  There's barely any wiggle room for mistakes or sneaky fixes. Once the quilt is done, those little uh-oh's will probably vanish like crumbs from a cake! 

Well as you can see my plan to lay this project away for a few days didn't last. You all understand, right?  After all the hard work of cutting and organizing how could I not piece together a few of the blocks.  So, Friday night I loaded up a design board of Cake Stand Blocks to be sewn.

 Making big scrappy quilts from small blocks can be challenging and it's easy to get discouraged or get tired of the processes.  I think that is perfectly normal and it's a good idea to take breaks and work on other things when feeling overwhelmed.  This quilt project was set aside for almost 4 months, and it may get pushed aside a few more times before completed.