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One of the several ice blocks (this one has a slalom) that was used for the party. This design gave the choice of beverage more contact time with the ice.
For her blocks in the Tag Square Bee Julianna asked for blocks in orange, red and purple. This block is "That Thirties Thing" from Quilter's Cache. I scaled the block up to be 12.5" (unfinished) using the scale option on my printer. It's a very simple paper-pieced block.
Fortune Block, 232 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB. For a building history see: winnipegdowntownplaces.blogspot.ca/2012/06/232-main-stree...
The block on North High Street in Old North Columbus including Dick's Den, Mug & Brush Barbershop and The Blue Danube restaurant - Columbus, OH
So much fun to design and put together! Blogged at eschhousequilts.blogspot.com/2010/07/bees-knees-block-for...
Several hundred years ago, a vessel was wrecked upon the shore at Jurby, with 3 brothers, by the name of Quayle, surviving the wreckage. When they reached safety on the shore, they got down on their knees and thanked God for their survival - promising that they would settle on land as far from the sea as they could get - the top of the Sulby valley. In 1515, the manorial roll shows no Quayles in the area, yet by the following one, Quayles resided at Ballaskelly & the Creggans, and by the turn of the century, Quayles occupied Block Eary (Eairey), Ballaskella, The Creggans, Lhergy Rhennie, Sherragh Vane and Creg Mooar.
Unusually for Manx farmers, there is no record of any of these Quayles ever combining fishing with the farming, as was usual elsewhere on the island.
For her quilt Sara provided a mariner's compass made from batiks as an inspiration. This block is "Nova" from "Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Vol. 2."
It's probably the most complicated paper-pieced block I've ever made and I can't believe that it turned out as well as it did! Paper piecing is always so magical the way it comes together perfectly at the end.
I'd love to make an entire quilt of these but that would probably take eons. One can dream, anyway.
Visiting artist Sufiyan Khatri, a 10th generation master block printer from northern India, demonstrates his techniques.
Sydney Trains set M19 rolls into platform 22 at Sydney's Central Station as SETS locomotive 8606 stands opposite on Robel Train E740 bound for the City Circle. The 86 would move off shortly after the M set pulled into the platform, entirely blocking a shot of its departure. 15/12/20
Diamond Cross blocks for the Double Dutch Sampler Quilt-Along. Tutorial on Muriëls blog: doucepoints.typepad.com/muriels_blog/2014/05/diamond-cros...
This block was made with the new beautiful fabric collection Bijoux by Bari J. I have created a free pattern for the block here
126 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The Ralph Block a three-storey masonry commercial building on West Hastings Street in Vancouver.
Heritage Value:
The value of the Ralph Block lies in its location in a cluster of three- and four-storey early commercial buildings. Together they represent the patterns of retail shopping and services around the turn of the twentieth century in Vancouver. Although the fashionable shopping area moved to the south and west in the 1920s, West Hastings Street still continued to be viable as a blue-collar retail strip. Smaller businesses flourished as they catered to the shoppers drawn to the larger outlets, as well as to the needs of the local residents.
Built in 1899 for merchant William Ralph by architects Parr and Fee, this building is an unusual local example of the use of cast iron in commercial buildings. Although not as elaborate as examples in New York, the use of brick piers enclosing cast iron mullions is notable. Ralph was a wholesaler and retailer who sold McClary stoves, ranges and furnaces, as well as Cleveland and Rambler bicycles, but he was also a bridge builder who specialized in iron structures for the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Dominion Bridge Company. The use of cast iron allowed for larger windows than the norm. This treatment, although with brick spandrels, is also found on the adjacent Henderson Block.
The building is best known as the home of the White Lunch Restaurant from 1913 to 1988. This blue-collar eatery, popular with the truckers who carried dairy products and farm produce from the Fraser Valley for distribution throughout the downtown area, survived several economic cycles but was unable to overcome the serious downturn in the late 1980s. Upstairs from the restaurant, the White Palace Rooms, provided affordable accommodation for those who could not make the return trip with their trucks.
The Ralph Block has been combined with its neighbour, the Henderson Block (122 West Hastings Street) as one commercial outlet, through the removal of a common wall.
Source: City of Vancouver Heritage Conservation Program
Character-Defining Elements:
The character-defining elements of the historic place include:
- form, scale and massing
- its presence in a grouping of three- and four-storey early commercial buildings
- its functional relationship with other buildings within the Hastings Street strip and adjoining neighbourhoods
- built right to the lot line with no setbacks
- characteristics of Edwardian commercial architecture, including cast iron mullions with enclosing masonry piers, simple cornice with corbelled ornamentation, pattern of fenestration on upper storeys, slightly bowed front, pilasters which run from the bottom of the second storey to the top of the third-storey windows, and corbelled decoration at the top of the spandrels
- building name and date below cornice
- retail presence on the main floor
- the 'White Lunch' entrance sign beneath the modern covering
I'll be participating in two shows this weekend. The first, partially pictured here, is the Chicago Artists Month kickoff event. The details for each are below.
Chicago Artists Month Group Exhibition – Friday, October 1
Chicago Artists Month is launching this October with a group exhibition sponsored by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Chicago Arts District and Gapers Block. The opening is from 6-10pm on Friday, October 1, and the exhibition will also be open from 12-7pm on Saturday and Sunday. Visit it at the Chicago Arts District space at 2003 S. Halsted Street. In addition to my photographs, there will be a broad range of media, including work by photographers Philipp Batta, Dave Knapik, Carey Primeau, TJ Proechel, Jason Reblando and Daniel Shea. If you're a fan of facebook invites, here's one for the event.
Ravenswood Arts Walk Solo Show – Saturday, October 2 and Sunday, October 3
I have a solo exhibition featuring several dozen images from the Isolated Building Studies and other current series in the EveryBlock space, located at 1802 W. Berteau Ave. The show will open with food, music and other activities during the Ravenswood ArtWalk from 11am-5pm on Saturday, which will overlap with the EveryBlock open house. The exhibition will also be open on Sunday from 11am-5pm. I’ll be there both days.
Fonte Official FB Page: www.facebook.com/concreteblockofficial/
La band nasce nel 2007 dalle ceneri dei Woptime. Vengono formati da Saverio Sgaramella (voce), attivo nella scena hardcore italiana sin dagli anni '80 (periodo d'oro di band come Negazione e Raw Power), nonchè uno dei più noti pro-skaters dell'epoca vantando esibizioni e gare a livello mondiale.
A pochi mesi dalla nascita la band diventa una delle più attive a livello di esibizioni dal vivo, costruendosi da sola, in un periodo dove chi paga si aggiudica il posto migliore in scaletta. Con un'attitudine che proviene dagli anni vissuti in strada, il sound dei Concrete Block riflette il malessere e l'angoscia di chi vive giorno per giorno con le spalle al muro, prendendo tutti i calci e i pugni che la vita riserva.
Dopo il primo MiniCD "Down With the Madness" uscito per Countdown Records in Luglio 2007, i Concrete Block suonano costantemente e condividono il palco con Sepultura, Sick Of It All, Murphy's Law, Maroon, Shattered Realm, Skarhead, Agnostic Front, The Business, Slapshot e tanti altri. Nel 2008 esce il loro primo vero full length "Life Is Brutal" (Countdown Records) prodotto da Daniele Giordana. Per molti questo disco diventa subito l'album hardcore italiano dell'anno.
Alla fine del 2009 dopo due dischi la line-up originale si scioglie, ma la band con una nuova formazione continua a suonare dal vivo. Dopo alcune date gloriose di nuovo assieme ad Agnostic Front e Skarhead arrivano problemi per Saverio, che convinto ad emigrare negli States viene bloccato in Italia per problemi tipo galera, carenza di una base monetaria, situazione lavorativa pessima ed un divorzio alle porte.
Dopo aver passato il periodo Saverio rimette in piedi la formazione con nuovi elementi, riprendono le prove, i concerti ed inizia la stesura di pezzi nuovi. Il bassista viene rimpiazzato perchè trova posto in un TV show come stand up commedia e l'album nuovo prende forma. Si arriva al 2013 con una piena attività live e "Twilight of the Gods", l'ultimo lavoro uscito per F.O.A.D. Records, registrato al One Black Sox studio da Carlo Girardi. E' la storia continua…
The Homecoming Block Party was held at the O'Brien Field parking lot on the campus of Eastern Illinois University on October 14, 2022. (Dominic Baima)
= sea/ocean
I've always lived near some water, the Channel or the Atlantic
the wooden seagull was one of the last gifts my grandpa gave me when he was in a medical assisted living unit. he won it to a bingo game there. so precious to me, my heart still aches
these letter blocks are part of a shop update
Knitting this stocking for a customer. Using fingering weight wool and tiny needles, with lots of fair isle and intarsia work. Now, I'm finishing up the foot, then I'll be ready to seam up the back!
Here's the free knitting pattern: www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns/christmas/1945-sto...
For her blocks in the Tag Square Bee Jo asked for blocks in pink and white fabrics.
This block is "Caned Squares" from Quilter's Cache. The crosses are paper pieced but the rest uses quick strip-piecing techniques -- this would be a great block for someone new to paper piecing.
Wendy is making a quilt out of sweet words!
Those ripples at the seams only appeared after I starched the block so that I could trim it up. Argh.
this is the entire block that is repeated throughout my favorite quilt. i'll need to make 36 of these for the size quilt i want (read: BIG! m + i fight over the covers at night. we need BIG.).
i have now made 12 out of the 144 small 25-patch blocks needed. i may need to take a break + work on some of those 4-patch blocks. those 1-inch squares are intense.
i already have a new appreciation for this little number (and re-thinking the boisterous comment i left on it . . . )
The Beau-maison screen block pattern appears in a 1961 General Concrete Products ad. This pattern is believed to be rare.
I would love to get an old wood carving block, but this is the best I can do so far. I don't think it is that old (totally ignorant). It is fixed to a block of hardwood, probably mahogany 10/8ths inch x 3.5 inch x 2 inch.