Crazy Cravings - April 2013 CQJP 2013

 I've finished my April block for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2013.  Like last year's project, Crazy Basket Case, this is going to be a lap quilt.  I'm using mostly blues, pinks and browns and adding lots of those things I'm constantly craving.

I crocheted the brown pink cream colored edging and ran a ribbon through it. I kind of thought it looked like frosting. Ok, well, maybe if you stretch the imagination a little...

The edging pattern came from the book above that I picked up from the thrift store a long time ago. I'm not very good at tatting but I might try one of the tatting patterns one of these days too. 

Chocolate chips...I think the pistil stitches kind of echo the fabric it is edging. 

 Buttonhole stitch...one pointing up and the other down. They look kind of like a spiked chain stitch now that I see them in this picture. 

Speaking of chain stitch...two rows above the "coffee" in variegated DMC. I think it sort of looks like steam and echos the fabric above it.   "Coffee" was embroidered with one strand of brown and one strand of antique effects DMC. 

Finished?  This block is my finish for a monthly challenge, CQJP 2013.  So it's a finish. But it's only a part of a larger project that's not finished.  

Check out other finishes at: 

Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts

Link a Finish Friday at Richard and Tanya Quilts

and check out what else is going on at

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.