Introducing block 14 on the "I dropped the button box" quilt
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 7:00AM
As I mentioned the other day, it is time to introduce block 14, on this grid, of the “I dropped the button box” quilt.
I must admit to enjoying the process of documenting this quilt. As I write, I remember just how much I enjoyed stitching it. I think it was the ‘all pieces different’ aspect that was a challenge. I did not want it to look a huge hodge podge of messy chaotic glitzy stuff! I really enjoyed the challenge of pulling it into control.
Needless to say since completing the diamond quilt I am thinking about the next big project. I have a few ideas floating around in my head and even more in my studio journals! That said some days I am very tempted to do a button box quilt 10 years on. Or perhaps a lace box quilt 10 years on. I need an excuse to use my lace collection. Just a thought at the moment but nevertheless I might drag out my laces and see what I have.
As to this next block to be documented as you can see there are 7 pieces of fabric in it.
Fabric content:
Piece 1: Quilters cotton
Piece 2: From an after 5 dress with a metallic thread woven through it.
Piece 3: From an after 5 dress with a metallic thread woven through it.
Piece 4: From a swatch book purchased from a soft furnishings store
Piece 5: From a swatch book purchased from a soft furnishings store
Piece 6: From a swatch book purchased from a soft furnishings store
Piece 7: Quilters cotton
Item Count:
As I have explained before this quilt is a Y2K quilt which is made up of 2001 different elements. My definition of an element was either a different fabric, lace, braid, charm, buttons or ribbon. This count is an ongoing count of items and pieces in the quilt blocks documented so far.
Fabric: 7
Lace, braid and ribbon: 3
Buttons: 8
Charms: 2
Total items on this block: 20
Total tally on Quilt so far 277
If you have just landed on this page via search engine this is a crazy quilt block which is part of my “I dropped the Button box” quilt. I am documenting this crazy quilt detail by detail, and posting about it on this blog every second day. You will find information about this series of articles and the quilt here.
If you are looking for the series you will find it under the category of Crazy Quilt details.
Links to the blocks covered so far are, block 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 , 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
In case you need a reminder of what this quilt looks like here it is again
Copyright
This series is licensed under a Creative Commons License I have released the block patterns and stitch ideas for non commercial use. However, you must attribute the work to me, Sharon Boggon and link back here.
You may not take whole articles from this series and reprint them online - that is not in the spirit of sharing.
Reader Comments (3)
Love the unicorn!
Wow!! this golden block is gorgeous.
Hi Sharon, I like what you did with the buttonhole stitch. I did something like this on a final "exam" for one of my correspondence courses only I didn't use the herringbone. I just made long stitches of varying sizes in circles and then did the buttonholing on those stitches in varying colours of pink and they looked like roses. They came out quite well and I will try to post it on my blog if you want to come have a look.