Fellow Quilters,
Oh what fun I had designing my block for this month’s Quilt Block Mania blog tour! It took me back to my university days, working in the chemistry and pharmacy labs, conducting experiments to prove/disprove theories, and creating tinctures and creams for a variety of ailments. During one lab session I even made Pepto-Bismol liquid from scratch, complete with strawberry flavoring, and it worked!
This month’s theme for QBM, organized by Carolina at Always Expect Moore, is “science”, and the color palette is acid green and yellow with smoke and hemlock – sounds like a true witch’s brew, ideal for Halloween.
True confession time here – I am a science geek. Science & Nature is my go-to category in the Trivial Pursuit board game. When I make homemade salad dressing I S-L-O-W-L-Y add the oil to the other liquid ingredients to create the perfect creamy emulsion instead of a layer of oil sitting atop
an Erlenmeyer flask
the layer of vinegar. How, you ask, do you easily create this creamy deliciousness? By swirling the liquids in an Erlenmeyer flask of course! Its narrow neck, conical shape and wide base are perfect for incorporating and combining liquids. Now, if you are fresh out of Erlenmeyer flasks, you can also use a blender or a whisk.
This flask was designed by German chemist Emil Erlenmeyer in 1860, whose work focussed on theoretical chemistry including early atomic theory. You could say that he was ahead of his time, perhaps rather modern. I like to think he would have enjoyed and appreciated having a quilt based on one of his inventions. Without further ado, I present Alchemy, my Erlenmeyer flask quilt block 😊.
Alchemy (Erlenmeyer flask) block by Patti Carey
Don’t you just love those flasks half-filled with acid potions?
You can download the pattern here.
For fun, I popped this block into the table runner setting I used for July’s Kebab block. How cool is this?!? Uber modern!
Alchemy 4-block 12″ x 48″ runner
And here’s how it looks in a 48” x 60” lap quilt – just perfect for all the modern chemistry geeks out there 😊 😊
Alchemy 48″ x 60″ lap quilt
Or combine my Alchemy block with one or more of the other 11 blocks included in this months QBM blog tour. Here are the links to the other participating bloggers’ posts and blocks.
Rocket Ship Quilt Block by Carolina Moore
Using Fibonacci in Quilts at Scrapdash
Microscope & Test Tubes by Appliques Quilts and More
Test Tubes FPP Block at Penny Spool Quilts
Benzene Ring from QuiltFabrication
Erlenmeyer flask at Patti’s Patchwork
Fall Prism at Blue Bear Quilts
Atomic at Pretty Piney Quilts
Test Tubes by Mom and Me Quilting Co
Discovery by Inquiring Quilter
Molecules at Perkins Dry Goods
Gravity at Duck Creek Mountain Quilting
Last month I had 2 giveaways in blog posts: Congrats to Lisa England for winning a copy of Quilter’s World magazine and some Winter Frost fat ⅛’s by FIGO to get you started on your own Ski Village quilt.
Congrats also to Cathy B for winning a bundle of Northcott’s Dublin linen-look fabric in the Seaside Adventures Row-along. This fun free event continues until October 25, with 2-3 free row patterns each week. Find the details at The Quilting Room with Mel.
Lastly, stay tuned for information on the sign-up for my Cottage Sampler Quilt-along, running from December 29 – March 16. The sign-up starts October 15 – woo-hoo!
Cheers,
Patti
pattispatchwork-blog.com 
Very cool block! I always enjoy your posts and today even more than usual when I saw that I won a giveaway you had in a previous post. Thanks for adding joy to my day!
this is really nice. thanks for the pattern. i remember seeing my dad work with these. he was a chemist for his own company
Thanks for the science lesson! We’re never too old to learn; retention is the problem though. ha
What a great pattern. It calls to me. Thanks.