This is a vintage block I bought from Jane Lury of Labors of Love at the Carrefour de Patchwork in the Val d’Argent a few years ago. Again, as usual, it was the red&white color combination that made me notice it. But I also really liked the simple and grafic block pattern.
Back in Germany I started to research the pattern a bit and found some very nice quilts on the web pieced with this block pattern.
A beautiful example –
Another example of a beautiful Album Quilt is on the RMSC site
As with quilt projects and me it take ages before I am ready to start. Sometimes I think the research and planning of a project is what I love most about this craft…However, I want to use the vintage block in my quilt and so far I haven’t found “the” idea, yet.
Nevertheless, I keep looking for Album Block Quilts and already marked a few sites with the pattern piecing instructions to be ready to go when I am ready to start…
- An Album Block instruction with foundations to print out
http://www.threshpublications.com/kris.html - A German text version:
http://www.patchworkgilde.de/quilts/public/show.php?id=133 - This link is also for a pattern of the classic Album Block but the way the fabric color is used it looks kind of wrong but interesting….
http://www.sewquilty.com/History/0105.html
If you find out more about this block pattern please let me know.....
Hand piecing detail of the Album Block aka Chimney Sweep Block
2 comments:
As with so many of your posts, I end up linking to different sites from it and I always feel as though I've had a quilt tutorial by the time I'm finished. A little like online study courses! Thank you...
Your blog is fantastic!!! and so so informative. I love it and will be back regularly to see what wonderful work you are producing next. Thank you.
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