#patchwork of the crosses

[serendipitouscrafts]

I laid out my Lucy Boston/ Patchwork of the crosses components to see how it is coming. This is not the final block layout, but I wanted to see how big it is and decide what needs to happen next.

[carlinstitches]

Honey on the Terrace

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I have made a few more block. I plan on making the lattice/borders and then sewing the blocks in once they are done and I have created a configuration I like.

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I am supposed to be quilting my dad’s quilt or machine piecing my brother’s quilt but I couldn’t resist working on this hand piecing project tonight.

I asked my partner if I should put the blocks on point and he emphatically said they should be on point.

[serendipitouscrafts]

I am supposed to be working on a very specific set of quilting and sewing projects with firm deadlines, and yet, I have started a Lucy Boston quilt (I needed a travel project! That is allowed!).

All the blocks will have the yellow in the middle and then the other colors will be different.

I am also toying with putting the blocks on point.

The photograph doesn’t capture how nice the shot cotton fabric is. All of the solids actually have different colored warp and weft. For example, the grey border is actually made of purple and green threads woven together.

[elinkon]

Lucy Boston block 5

I liked the original fabric, but the finished block just looks so-so to me.  Is that the way this quilt goes?  Are we destined to love our first two blocks and be unimpressed with the rest?  My win on this block is that I did it with no seam-ripping or misplacement.  That's a miracle.

POTC block 5  blue, brown, gold, cream

[elinkon]

Lucy Boston block 4, but not without difficulties

This one finally came together correctly, though it took a few tries.  How can I mess it up when I'm using non-directional prints?  Several different ways, as it turns out!

POTC block 4  Rust, coral, greens, black  meh

Fail X2

[elinkon]

This is what I mean about being spatially inept.

The outer parts went together all right, but look what happened when I started putting the center in the third block.  Four seams have to come out to fix this.  It wasn't clear to me that it wasn't working until the fourth one.  Ack!  The center four pieces are together correctly as I did them first. I thought it would make more sense to me if I connected the outer pieces to each other before putting them onto the center cross, and the outers were easier this way.  This can be fixed.

POTC block 3  Red, beige, pink, rust, green, bits of gold and blue