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Asterisk block for "wendydi1" in the Bee Connected group. Fabric is Reunion by Sweetwater and she let us decide what the blocks looked like, just so long as they measured 12.5" square!
Blogged - www.marcigirldesigns.com/1/post/2012/05/april-and-may-bee...
I seem to have created yet another block that is too low contrast. I may well end up making double the blocks on this QAL
I liked the design of the tin sheds in the background, hence the post.
Brisbane airport up till around 20 odd years ago used huge tin hangars like this for their arrival and departure areas and for many years were way behind our other large cities.
In those days arriving in Brisbane was like stepping back in time. I think they were built around Circa WW2.
It was kinda nice to see these again.
These buildings are in the Newstead area of Brisbane and I had to kinda break in (if you call opening a tied off gate breaking in) to a vacant block to get the shots.
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Block for Jennadesigns/Jennifer for the Scraptastic Bee
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8 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The Desrosiers Block is located on East Hastings Street on the southern fringe of Vancouver's historic Gastown district. It is a two-storey commercial building with Edwardian archtiectural elements.
Heritage Value:
The heritage value of the Desrosiers Block lies in the historic relationship between this area and the economy of early Vancouver. When Vancouver became the entrepot between the Canadian Pacific Railway and trans-Pacific shipping in 1887, Gastown was its hub. At the turn of the twentieth century, this area of town was developed as a shopping area, as commercial activity spread outward from its early roots in Gastown. The Desrosiers Building is associated with Gastown's history as a mixed-use district.
Michael Desrosiers, a plumber who also operated a retail stove outlet, worked with contractor P. J. Donahue in 1901 to construct this building. Although its larger neighbours on each side emphasize the modest scale of the building, its solid massing and stone detailing give the site substance and significance. This building provides a contrast in scale, massing, detailing and use, demonstrating the variety of architectural styles and functions established along Hastings Street. By 1908 the tenants included two liquor stores and a barber, catering to a largely male clientele. In 1913 a restaurant was opened in the Desrosiers Block. The retail use continues today.
Source: City of Vancouver Heritage Conservation Program
Character-Defining Elements:
The character-defining elements of the Desrosiers Block include:
- the physical and stylistic relationship between this building and its higher neighbours within the Gastown historic district
- form, scale and massing
- its siting on the property line, with no setbacks
- Edwardian architectural elements, such as moulded sheet metal parapet, projecting pediment inscribed "Desrosiers Block" supported by circular columns on each side, stone decorated brackets supporting cornice with dentils, medallions at top of three stone pilasters between windows, pattern of fenestration (four large double-hung one-over-one sash windows set in stone surrounds), rusticated stone string courses above ground floor level, and horizontal stepped string course above windows
- continued retail use of ground floor
(annnnnnd.... they shrunk the photo to 1024px on the long side. If I ever get flickr Pro, you'll probably see the larger version!)
The site of the former market cum hawker centre, the bustling centre of the estate. The building itself has been demolished to make way for a big green patch of grass.
Another one from the Benini Sculpture ranch. :)
Much nicer viewed larger on black here.
More from the set here.
Taken at the Portsmouth Roller Wenches bout at Horizon Leisure Centre. Two bouts between the Portsmouth A Team against the Bristol Harbour Harlots and the Portsmouth B Team against the Bath Roller Derby Girls.
Great wins by both Portsmouth teams.
I was lucky enough to be next to a team member (not playing) who was able to fill me in with some of the finer points of play so thanks to Admiral, hope your stats looked good :-)
Part 2 of Ashton Watson (#12) and his return of the blocked P.A.T.
The thud of a blocked football kick is music to my ears. This was really cool.
I happened to be walking down 15th St to get some pictures of the snow in Washington, when a motorcade left the White House. Unfortunately, the camera I was using is lousy for capturing this kind of fast moving action.
This block for Tonie was so much fun to make. She chose the "Spool Block" designed by Krista Fleckenstein from the book Modern Blocks. The pattern calls for a single cut of 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" of fabric for the "thread," but Tonie put her own spin on it and asked us to substitute six 1 1/2" strips.
dunno why..i am not able to take even one good snap for like 2 months
now.........i hate this dry patch..all i could do..was to spill ma tea........ :(..
and never clean it up........and take this low resolution mobile camera pic..
i must stop clicking.....may be i am done with my creativity..............
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
This is my Blocked fabric design in charcoal gray, bright pink, lime green and white. It's available at Spoonflower:
www.spoonflower.com/fabric/310372
In case you're wondering what size the pattern is, the distance between the lime green striped lines is about 8 cm or 3"
These blocks are "vintage", as they date back to my childhood in the 1950's. My Dad made them for my brothers and me out of scrap 2 by 4's. This is about all that's left of them. As you can see, they have been much played with!
ODC 281 Back to Basics
Plaid Block and Strip Border Block for Leah
Red & Aqua 2 Bee
August 2010
undercovercrafter.blogspot.com/2010/08/red-aqua-part-2-au...