It is time to introduce block 28. This block is always difficult to photograph as it is highly textured but I hope you will enjoy it.
Fabric content:
- Piece 1: Cotton
- Piece 2: Cotton
- Piece 3: Metallic after five fabric
- Piece 4: Cotton covered with lace
- Piece 5: Silk
- Piece 6: Silk
- Piece 7: Synthetic flocked fabric
- Piece 8: Synthetic
Item Count:
This quilt is a Y2K quilt which is made up of 2001 different elements. By element I mean 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: 8
- Lace, braid and ribbon: 4
- Charms: 2
- Total items on this block: 14
- Total tally of items on the quilt so far 550
What is the story?
This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and decorations on my crazy quilt I dropped the button box. All articles are categorised in the projects under Crazy Quilt details which enables readers to browse back through the series.
Free Crazy quilt block patterns
In the process of documenting the seam decorations on this quilt, as I get to each block I am diagramming it out for readers as a free crazy quilt pattern. Links to these free pattern pages are listed on the CQ details FAQ page.
Copyright
I have released the block patterns and stitch ideas for non commercial use but I retain all copyright. Please attribute the work to me, and link back to this blog. You may not take whole articles from this series and republish online. Link please, do not republish.
Would you be able to send me a copy of this pattern. Hu in
Cheryl save the image as that is the pattern