Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses
 

Has anyone made the Lucy Boston Patchwork of the crosses quilt? Would appreciate a source for the larger blocks in kits or paper pieces.

thanks so much!

I was planning on taking the class but the quilt store closed. I think there is a book for using Inklingo otherwise PP is the way to go.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Lucy...utf-8&oe=utf-8

Yes, there is a book ....and it is authored by Linda frank, designer/owner of inklingo, check Amazon for best price...I personally prefer epp....I bought the epp shapes, both paper and acrylic ( for cutting fabric) from paperpieces.com.......not affiliated, just like their products. Have done one....block, that is.....trying to finish another hand work project before I dive into that one......go to Pinterest for inspiration........

I have Inklingo but find the instructions how to use it confusing. Getting it open on the computer takes jumping through hoops. I quit using it for that reason.

The book I have is The Patchworks of Lucy Boston written by Diana Boston. There is a Lucy Boston facebook group and everything you want to know about the pattern can be found there.

I'm brought my paper pieces from ( paper pieces.com) I think they carry the book too, I bought mine from Amazon

Thank you for asking this question - I had never seen this quilt before, and now it's on my To Do list. :)

Looking at it, I would definitely paper piece it. It uses 1" honeycombs and 1" squares, both of which you can get from PaperPieces.com. The instructions on this page are clear enough that I don't think I need any further instructions, but I might get her daughter-in-law's book, just to see her other quilts. From the reviews, it sounds interesting!

I have just bought this book and it looks great !

You might consider seeing if there is a punch for that shape. I know there are hexagon and square ones.

I did a modified version and left off the last row and hence had some large squares mixed in....I loved it and want to make another (but different) quite with that shape!

If you have an Accuquilt die machine you can get a die made in shapes you want. The shapes are small so you can get several sizes of each shape on one die. Many get the size for paper and fabric on one die.

I too tried doing inklingo....it's in Adobe and I too found it difficult to meneuver thru, so I didn't really get into it. Plus, I found I am really not comfortable hand piecing, but enjoy epp, so just do things that way. Actually Lucy Boston did do epp, whereas W. Hammerstein, who did original millefiori handpieced.

perhaps, if I had given inklingo more attention, I might think differently, maybe some day.......

true, but many times there is a lot of fussy cutting for the potc designs and I personally like using the acrylic templates offered by paperpieces...they have a seam allowance of 3/8", much easier for gluing or basting....and they are reasonably priced, that's just my way, everyone has to find what works best for them

Thanks so much for these links. The quilt with the pattern is beautiful. I've saved it for my dream list.

OH! What a great idea about the punch! If that could be found I could make my paper pieces ASAP ! Thanks so much !

Fiskars make the hex punches in three different sizes. The Facebook group has sent many emails pleading for Fiskars to make the honeycomb and diamond punch shapes.

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maybe we should too! Hope they realize the potential market here for them

What a lovely quilt! Can't wait to see the next one !

Oh! Didn't know I could get a personalized shape from them. What a good idea! Thanks !

I have one block of POTC done. It's something that you carry in your handbag and work on when you can. I'm
using the English pp method. You can make your own elongated hexagons on card stock. They're also reusable.
Coincidentally, today I picked up the latest(?) issue of Quiltmania (no. 112). It has a pattern called Lucy in a Hurry,
a larger simplified version of the original.

I hate EPP so I bought Inklingo. I love it, however, I'm not too wild about Linda Frantz's control of the pattern. You have to log in and can only have it on 2 machines which is no problem but I've had issues when I had to wipe a computer a couple of times because of issues I was having. Her site thought I had loaded it more (I've only had it on the one computer). I had to contact her to get her to reset my permissions. She questioned me on why I needed it reset and told me repeatedly that I could only load it twice. I guess she thought I had it on more than one computer. I told her I had to completely wipe my computer and that I only had 1 computer so that's the only one it had been loaded on. I didn't appreciate what I considered being fussed at and having to explain why I needed what I paid for restored to me. I also wonder what would happen if she went out of business or died (I know, terrible!) but if you can't sign on to "renew," you can't continue to use it.

Interesting about franz/inklingo. Have you asked her this question? Someday she will retire, then what. That is a strange arrangement. Like i said before, was not involved long enough on site to have to re-sign.. I do remember now, the login was only good for so long then you did have to redo something?????

also speaking of mag quiltmania....isnt that one pricey?

Oh! Gotta go shopping and find that magazine ! Thanks!

Linda Frantz (and anyone else who sells patterns) is just making sure you aren't sharing and passing on the pattern to people who haven't purchased it. Any pattern you pay to download would be treated the same. You should be backing up your computer to an external hard drive or the cloud so you don't lose everything on it when the computer has a catastrophic failure. You would have the same issue with much software as well.

My local quilt shop is doing a Quilt Along this year. We checked into getting a die for the Accuquilt, but not available. Where/how do you get a die made?

http://www.thequiltmerchant.com/shop...3-x2718835.htm
Here is a kit with one block. I have seen several of the blocks from this merchant very beautiful. They also sale supplies. If you Google, Lucy Boston kits, several shops come up for supplies.

It's on the Accuquilt website. You click on custom dies. You design the die you want. They make it. There is phone number on the website to call if you prefer to talk to a person about it. If someone has wanted the same die made then you have to get permission to have it remade but usually the person okays the die for remake when it's ordered.

I think someone looked at the dies for sale and said there isn't one and left it at that.

I went to jab yesterday and bought mag quiltmania...interesting suggestion for lucy boston potc....as an aside, i must say that magazine is a bit different and pattern presentation is so different from others. I know its an overseas publication ( australian, i believe). I think I'll order acrylic template and papers from paperpieces and try one this way.....

This has been on my wish list for a long time....I need to finish a few other hand projects first!
An inspirational blog that I love is

http://sewandsowfarm.blogspot.com/

She also sells a starter kit on Etsy with the acrylic the plate, or just the templates, very reasonably.

Not affiliated, just in awe of her work! :)


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I am just starting my Lucy Boston quilt blocks and was looking for different ways to set them together, love you quilt!

I just started my lucy boston quilt and came across yours, Love it!

This link is very helpful !
https://www.linapatchwork.com/lucy-b...sses-tutorial/

Here is part 2 and Final part - I don't think there is a Part 3 !

https://www.linapatchwork.com/lucy-b...torial-part-2/
https://www.linapatchwork.com/lucy-b...al-final-part/

Here is another great link to a UK magazine article.

http://www.popularpatchwork.com/news...-crosses/17393

The Patchwork’s of Lucy Boston is one of my favorite quilt books. I love EPP and her book of quilts is so inspiring. I have a large Patchwork of the Crosses in progress and the blocks were fun but the assembly isn’t . I should have planned better so some of the boring bits happened in stages. Someday I will bring it out again!