Introducing block 34 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt

It is time to introduce Block 34 which has a colour scheme made up of shades of white and blue.   This is probably a simple colour scheme but as I said when introducing the last block when there are 100 blocks in a quilt you need a few that are not screaming at you.  

I hope you will enjoy the focus on each detail on this block over the next few weeks and that readers are still enjoying seeing me document the seams, embellishments and decorations on the I dropped the button box quilt.   

Fabric content:

Piece 1: Cotton

Piece 2: Polyester   

Piece 3: Cotton polyester furnishing fabric  

Piece 4: Crepe 

Piece 5: Cotton 

Piece 6: Lace over cotton

Piece 7: Cotton polyester furnishing fabric  

Item Count: 

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

Fabric: 7

Lace, braid and ribbon: 4

Buttons and charms: 11

Total items on this block: 22

Total tally of items on the quilt so far 665

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 , 29, 30, 31 , 32 and 33

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

[Suztats]

I am enjoying seeing all the seam treatments and embellishments and learning so much! Thank you.

[Annet]

This is very pretty block. I still enjoy looking at all the details. The top button looks like porcelain.

I think you missed my second class block 2 weeks ago. It’s here:
http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/photo/ecq-2
http://fat-quarter.blogspot.com/2010/08/encrusted-crazy-quilting-11.html