Patchwork Of The Crosses Quilt Pattern

Cut the binding fabric into 1 1 2 strips joined into one continuous length.

Patchwork of the crosses quilt pattern.

May 15 2016 explore gloria andary s board patchwork of the crosses on pinterest. Categories 1 0 inch hexagons cool inklingo tips free acrylic templates freezer paper hand piecing hexagons hexagons hexagons and squares how to hand piece video lucy boston machine piecing passacaglia quilt patchwork of the crosses potc quilted diamonds tags cheap acrylic templates free acrylic templates free templates for. If you use cotton wadding you may need to add more quilting. The original lucy boston patchwork of the crosses quilt is enormous in size 88 x 99 inches 224 x 252cm made up of 56 blocks 7 x 8.

Linda franz s book 32 pages shows in clear pictures and diagrams the entire quilt and its construction. The blocks are then joined with squares. Use a betweens needle and cream thread. You can find the book here.

Linda made an eq7 project to start your own experimentation with the historic lucy boston quilt patchwork of the crosses recolor linda s pre designed quilts with your own fabrics in eq7. The block is made with with a single shape the honeycomb elongated hexagon. With the renewed interest in hand piecing and working with mirror imaged fabrics lucy s patchwork of the crosses block has become very popular. Quilt the patchwork in the ditch seam line around each block 1 all solid patterns central crosses of block 2 and around each diamond strip of four in block 3.

We do now stock linda franz book about the quilt on our website it is a slim but super book that gives the pattern and good instructions and a lot of the history of the quilt. When i saw a picture of part of lucy boston s patchwork of the crosses in a magazine i was fascinated with her design and wanted to know more about it.