Introducing block 31 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt

We are now at block 31! I have always liked this block as it is so overladen with vintage buttons. There are 11 of them but they sit OK.  It is also one of the few blocks that has a plain seam. Can you see it?  Between piece 1 and piece 2 is a seam which I did not embroider but no one ever finds it. I left it because it felt like the block had enough on it.  I have always enjoyed this block and I hope you will enjoy the details coming up too! 

If you want to check out the eye candy you can click on the block to see a larger version

 

Fabric content:

Piece 1: Silk 

Piece 2: Damask

Piece 3: Cotton 

Piece 4: Moire Silk

Piece 5: Cotton 

Piece 6: A light weight soft furnishing fabric 

Item Count: 

This quilt is a Y2K quilt which is made up of 2001 different elements. By element I mean either a different piece of fabric, a piece of lace or lace motif, braid, charm, button or strip of ribbon. This count is ongoing and represents the items in the quilt blocks documented in this blog so far.

Fabric: 6

Lace, braid and ribbon: 4

Buttons: 11

Total items on this block: 21

Total tally of items on the quilt so far 609

The back story:

This is part of a series documenting the seam embroidery and embellishments on the crazy quilt blocks in my "I dropped the button box" quilt. 

If you want to track back through the series all articles in the series are categorised under Crazy Quilt details

Here is the list so far: block 1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24, 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 and 29

Just as a reminder here is the quilt. When I started the series about each detail on the “I dropped the button box” quilt, I numbered the blocks on this grid. 

Copyright

This series of articles 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, 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.

Comments

[Linda]

This one is gorgeous Sharon. I always love cream on cream on cream with white!!! The beading and buttons are interesting. I am enjoying the blocks broken down and commented on.

[Chris]

Like Linda, I have always loved monochrome blocks especially white/cream. This one is gorgeous and may even end up being my favourite on the whole quilt. However, I counted 16 buttons, including the 5 'leaf' ones, which don't seem to be on the materials list. Hope I haven't messed up the count, lol.

[Pam Kellogg]

Sharon, I have always loved your button quilt! It's what inspired mine. Now to get it sewn together and hung on my wall!