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Stained glass block for Maureen. It took longer to pick out and cut the fabrics than to assemble it!
Is it any wonder that a geometer loves quilt blocks? These blocks were all pieced by hand and measure 12 inches square plus a seam allowance.
Maze generator here: www.unikatissima.de/e/?page_id=2062
Quick-piecing technique here: sewmamasew.com/blog2/2009/10/elizabeths-fabric-focus-quic...
Hand block printed on hemp/cotton canvas, an amazing fabric- so beautiful in person.
I am really into orange lately.
Prints are called Algae, Betty and Dot- (algae is not a girls name-haha)
For her month in Bee Unique Bee Knotty Terrie is making a snowman-themed quilt. She sent a snowman fabric along with a red print and a white-on-white print and asked for a traditional block.
The block is "Commencement" from "Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 3." This is the first time I've ever done set-in seams. It took a long time and a few re-sewings but I did eventually get it. It's definitely not a fast technique. Luckily I really like the resulting block!
On Saturday, August 20, 2016, the FDNY celebrated the fifth summer Block Party at Engine Company 311 and Ladder Company 158 in Queens. At each event, FDNY members hold demonstrations, offer free fire and life safety education and conduct tours of FDNY apparatus. In addition, those attending have the opportunity to learn more about careers with the FDNY, take part in free compressions-only CPR classes, and register for a free smoke and carbon monoxide alarm installation in their home as part of the #GetAlarmedNYC program. All children in attendance can meet the FDNY Fire and Life Safety Mascots, Hot Dog and Siren. The summer block parties are made possible by generous support from the FDNY Foundation.
Finished this up today! It's drying on the blocking board right now :) If feels so good to finally have this done!
VHR citation
BLOCK ARCADE
Location
280 - 286 COLLINS STREET 96 - 102 ELIZABETH STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City
Google Maps and Google Streetview
Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number
H0032
Heritage Overlay Number
HO596
a Level of Significance
Registered
Extent of Registration 1. All the building known as the Block Arcade marked B1 on Diagram 32 held by the Executive Director.
2. All the land marked L1 on Diagram 32 held by the Executive Director, being the land described in Certificate of Titles Vol. 4645 Fol. 875, part of Vol. 9409 Fol. 669, Vol. 9924 Fol. 206, Vol. 9409 Fol. 669 and Vol. 4645 Fol. 874.
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Block Arcade was developed by financier Benjamin Fink. The Collins Street section of the building was completed in February 1892 and is similar in style to the Milano Galleria Vittorio Arcade in Italy. The new shopping arcade was designed by David.C.Askew of the architectural firm Twentyman and Askew. The cost of erection was £46 233. The bluestone footings for the building came from the original structure on the site, the Briscoe & Company Bulk Store. The site of 96-102 Elizabeth Street was purchased by the City Property Company Ltd in January 1892. Architect David Askew was called upon to continue his style for the arcade and this area was completed in October the following year. The Block Arcade comprises of arcade shops with mezzanine levels above for social rooms and offices, shops to Collins Street, Block Place and Elizabeth Street and four levels of office space above. The arcade forms an L-shape with a polygonal planned space with a glazed roof at the corner of the L. The kink in the plan was due to the shape of the original block subdivision and the location of Block Place, the lane behind. Linking the two spaces is an elaborately patterned mosaic floor of tiles, which were imported from Europe. When the arcade was constructed the Building and Engineering Journal noted that the flooring contained the largest area of mosaics yet laid down in Australia. In 1907, scenic artist Philip Goatcher for the Singer Sewing Machine Company decorated the ceiling of their premises on the east corner of the Collins Street entry to the arcade. The other shop to Collins Street, which housed the first Kodak shop in Melbourne contains an elaborate pressed metal ceiling. The facades to Collins and Elizabeth Street are designed in the Victorian Mannerist style with elaborate stucco decoration. Particular facade elements include; triangular and segmental pediments; rustication and an exaggerated cornice with brackets. Features of the upstairs office spaces include timber joinery around lift entries, tessellated tiles to the lobby spaces, elaborate leadlight windows and decorative plasterwork to arches in the corridors. There is also one surviving communal timber telephone box situated in a corridor.
How is it significant?
The Block Arcade is of architectural, aesthetic, social and historical importance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant?
The Block Arcade is of architectural and aesthetic importance as an excellent intact example of a shopping arcade. The design draws on early and influential European models and as such is important in its ability to demonstrate the essential and typical qualities of those designs and the continuity of the tradition of covered shopping streets. The Elizabeth and Collins Street facades are fine examples of the Mannerist style demonstrating many of the characteristic elements, such as a combination of triangular and segmental pediments and rustication. The Block Arcade is of architectural and aesthetic significance as it features lavish interior decoration, including an extraordinary mosaic tile floor. Based on the Milan Galleria Vittoria, it has a glass roof over the arcade with a glass dome at is corner. Its internal spaces, with their high quality finishes, have been maintained and the arcade remains a grand and prestigious retailing precinct. Attention to detail has also been carried through to the office spaces on the levels above the arcade.
The Block Arcade is of social and historical importance as the grandest and most fashionable amongst what became an extensive network of retail arcades that provided an alternative pedestrian route to Melbourne's major streets. Many of the arcades constructed in Melbourne before the turn of the century have not survived or have been altered considerably. The Block Arcade is important as an essential element in the social institution of doing The Block. This was a friendly expression referring to the stylish shopping trend of the late 19th century which involved starting in Collins Street at Swanston, then moving west to Elizabeth, north to Little Collins Street and back to Swanston. The Block was the place to be seen and those who frequented the popular thoroughfare, its shops and tea houses were often recorded by caricaturists in the city's social pages.
Year Construction Started 1891
Architectural Style Victorian Period (1851-1901) Mannerist
Heritage Act Categories Heritage place
Municipality MELBOURNE CITY; MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0032 Statement of signficance
What is significant?
The Block Arcade was developed by financier Benjamin Fink. The Collins Street section of the building was completed in February 1892 and is similar in style to the Milano Galleria Vittorio Arcade in Italy. The new shopping arcade was designed by David.C.Askew of the architectural firm Twentyman and Askew. The cost of erection was £46 233. The bluestone footings for the building came from the original structure on the site, the Briscoe & Company Bulk Store. The site of 96-102 Elizabeth Street was purchased by the City Property Company Ltd in January 1892. Architect David Askew was called upon to continue his style for the arcade and this area was completed in October the following year. The Block Arcade comprises of arcade shops with mezzanine levels above for social rooms and offices, shops to Collins Street, Block Place and Elizabeth Street and four levels of office space above. The arcade forms an L-shape with a polygonal planned space with a glazed roof at the corner of the L. The kink in the plan was due to the shape of the original block subdivision and the location of Block Place, the lane behind. Linking the two spaces is an elaborately patterned mosaic floor of tiles, which were imported from Europe. When the arcade was constructed the Building and Engineering Journal noted that the flooring contained the largest area of mosaics yet laid down in Australia. In 1907, scenic artist Philip Goatcher for the Singer Sewing Machine Company decorated the ceiling of their premises on the east corner of the Collins Street entry to the arcade. The other shop to Collins Street, which housed the first Kodak shop in Melbourne contains an elaborate pressed metal ceiling. The facades to Collins and Elizabeth Street are designed in the Victorian Mannerist style with elaborate stucco decoration. Particular facade elements include; triangular and segmental pediments; rustication and an exaggerated cornice with brackets. Features of the upstairs office spaces include timber joinery around lift entries, tessellated tiles to the lobby spaces, elaborate leadlight windows and decorative plasterwork to arches in the corridors. There is also one surviving communal timber telephone box situated in a corridor.
How is it significant?
The Block Arcade is of architectural, aesthetic, social and historical importance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant?
The Block Arcade is of architectural and aesthetic importance as an excellent intact example of a shopping arcade. The design draws on early and influential European models and as such is important in its ability to demonstrate the essential and typical qualities of those designs and the continuity of the tradition of covered shopping streets. The Elizabeth and Collins Street facades are fine examples of the Mannerist style demonstrating many of the characteristic elements, such as a combination of triangular and segmental pediments and rustication. The Block Arcade is of architectural and aesthetic significance as it features lavish interior decoration, including an extraordinary mosaic tile floor. Based on the Milan Galleria Vittoria, it has a glass roof over the arcade with a glass dome at is corner. Its internal spaces, with their high quality finishes, have been maintained and the arcade remains a grand and prestigious retailing precinct. Attention to detail has also been carried through to the office spaces on the levels above the arcade.
The Block Arcade is of social and historical importance as the grandest and most fashionable amongst what became an extensive network of retail arcades that provided an alternative pedestrian route to Melbourne's major streets. Many of the arcades constructed in Melbourne before the turn of the century have not survived or have been altered considerably. The Block Arcade is important as an essential element in the social institution of doing The Block. This was a friendly expression referring to the stylish shopping trend of the late 19th century which involved starting in Collins Street at Swanston, then moving west to Elizabeth, north to Little Collins Street and back to Swanston. The Block was the place to be seen and those who frequented the popular thoroughfare, its shops and tea houses were often recorded by caricaturists in the city's social pages.
Source Victorian heritage database: vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/730?print=true & vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/heritagevic_new#detail_places...
Chevron Blocks for Bam Bom. Working on a tutorial for this block for BAM BOM. If anyone wants to test the instructions for me, I would love to have the input.
371 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC.
This is one of Kamloops’ finest downtown brick business blocks. It was built in 1914 by G.W. & R. Godman as an office and commercial building. A few years previous, the Ellis family had moved to Kamloops from San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. The father, W.J. Ellis, opened a garage and machine shop on Lorne Street, which remained in business until 1982. One of the sons, W.O. Ellis, became a pharmacist and in 1917 formed a partnership with A. Galloway. They opened an office and pharmacy on the ground floor of the Godmans’ block.
The Galloway-Ellis drugstore continued in operation on this site under various owners until 1994. The name of the business block was changed to Ellis Block in 1951 when W.O. Ellis bought the building.
This block was built by Kamloops contractors, Johnston & Gill using their own signature bricks. It is a two-storey building, with a basement. On the east side, the main entrance is flanked by two large granite Doric columns. Step back to appreciate the brick frieze and ornamental parapet along the top edge of the building.
Gas block for my WIP. Figured y'all could use it, too. Thoughts? It spawns at 200. Remember to credit.
underlying texture belongs to cgtexture. the frame texture I downloaded without adding the name to the title. sorry. it was originally green with a bit of yellow. in spirit you know who you are and you're a prince[ss].
Ok..may not be the block of my dreams...but got 23 of them for $20. Enough to do a low wall. Now the chipping off the old cement...wish me luck.
342 Water Street, Vancouver, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The Burns Block is a five storey plus lower level stone-clad commercial building located in the historic district of Gastown, in the triangle of land where Water Street joins West Cordova Street. It has similar primary facades facing both streets, and terminates the vista to the north on Homer Street. The northern slope of the site towards the original waterfront allows a partial exposure of the lower level.
Heritage Value:
Gastown is the historic core of Vancouver, and is the city's earliest, most historic area of commercial buildings and warehouses. The Burns Block is representative of the importance of Gastown as the trans-shipment point between the terminus of the railway and Pacific shipping routes, and the consequent expansion of Vancouver into western Canada's predominant commercial centre in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The massive cubic form and notable height of this structure are a clear indication of the extent and prosperity of commercial trade during this period.
The Burns Block is significant as an important design by William Blackmore (1842-1904), one of Vancouver's earliest and most prolific architects. Blackmore's mature work in the Romanesque Revival style helped to establish the character of Gastown as a successful and progressive commercial district. The style had a powerful rhythm and unity of materials that conveyed corporate strength and security appropriate to Late Victorian sensibilities. The three Romanesque entrance arches, with carved capitals and grotesque keystone heads, reflects the more eclectic, medieval-inspired aspects of the style.
The economic boom of the pre-World War One era was reflected by the addition of two additional storeys in 1911, designed in a compatible style by architects Grant and Henderson, to accommodate expanding business needs.
Source: City of Vancouver, Heritage Planning Street Files
Character-Defining Elements:
The character-defining elements of the Burns Block include:
- location, in close proximity to the waterfront of Burrard Inlet and the Canadian Pacific Railway yard
- siting on the property lines, with no setbacks
- location on a trapezoidal lot, with two street frontages and a return onto an alley, as a result of the irregular street layout of Gastown
- five-storey plus lower level flat-roofed symmetrical form, scale and massing
- masonry construction: rough-dressed sandstone used on both the Water Street and West Cordova Street facades; brick demising walls; and parged brick side facades
- Romanesque Revival style, as exemplified by the pier-and-spandrel motif, rough-dressed masonry, round-headed entrance arches, carved capitals and grotesque keystone heads
- two round-arched entries on West Cordova Street, and one larger arched entry on Water Street
- regular fenestration, employing double-hung 1-over-1 wood-sash windows on the upper floors
- large rectangular ground floor windows with monolithic sandstone sills and lintels
- elaborate sheet metal cornices with heavy brackets
- heavy timber frame internal structure
- interior features such as brick demising walls
The building was called The Buscombe Building at one time.
These are all the pieces that go into making the Robot designed by Jess Hutch from her booklet Unusual Toys to Knit. I'm giving this fellow to my friend for xmas. Hopefully I'll have him all sewn up tonight! You can see my ghetto blocking style... it's a piece of cardboard from a box with lines dawn on it in permanent marker. I really need a blocking board! blogged
PORT GENTILE, Gabon (Jan. 12, 2008) Seaman Wilfredo Jirauruiz blocks a spike during a volleyball game against the Vieille Gloire (Old Glory) team a local Gabonese volleyball team. Africa Partnership Station (APS) uses sports games like this one as a way to create partnerships throughout West and Central Africa. APS is a multi-national effort to bring the latest training and techniques to maritime professionals in nine West and Central African countries, and to address the common threats of illegal fishing, smuggling and human trafficking. In addition to maritime training, APS will perform more than 20 humanitarian projects in the region. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class RJ Stratchko (Released)
Blocks are finished! Here are a couple of Log Cabin lay outs with these blocks. I've decided on which one I'm going to use, but there are two of them that would have been OK with me.
May 5, 2008 (126/366)
I believe proper knitters use t-pins for blocking, but I don't have any, so some of my quilting pins have to do double duty.
For her blocks in the Tag Square Bee Jo asked for pink and white blocks. Our theme in this bee is squares and this month I wanted to make squares without using squares. This block is just half square triangles. I'm really happy with how it turned out!
Our Daily Challenge 14-20 January : Water
This huge puddle just outside my gate is a temptation to some to create a wave. Sadly nobody obliged whilst I was taking pics, but one of my lodgers was a victim of an idiot who targeted her on purpose.