McHenry Illinois Landmark Crazy Quilt

 I completed another block for the McHenry Landmark Crazy Quilt:

This is the Nicholas Bohr Stone House built in 1911.  It's located on Broad Street here in McHenry, Illinois where I live.  

This is the 2nd house that Nick Bohr built for his family.  He was a stone mason and plastered a lot of the of the historic homes and building in the early 1900's.

This is a traditional Victorian style crazy quilt that I started back in 2017.  Each block is 9 inches square and pieced by hand on a cotton foundation.  

Here is a photo of all the blocks so far:

If you click on the photo, you can see a larger version.

All stitching is done by hand.  The lace is either vintage or antique and the only embellisments are a few vintage buttons.

I have 6 more blocks to do and then I can start to assemble it which I will do on the sewing machine!

Some of the buildings on this quilt are no longer standing.  Many of them are.  I will put together a book with photos of the individual blocks and a brief description of each landmark.  That book will benefit The McHenry Area Historical Society.  I'm on the board and I'm also on the McHenry Landmark Commission.

Anyway, first I have to complete it.  I'm thinking it will be 7 blocks across and 5 down.  Since it will be displayed somewhere in town (I have a place in mind), I think that arrangement of the blocks will be more visually appealing than to assemble it lengthwise.