Album quilt

For centuries Baltimore Album Quilts were considered the epitome of American Quilts. Crafted in the middle 19th century, Baltimore Album Quilts (BAQs) were in many cases the creation of professional needle workers selling completed blocks, pre-cut, or pre-basted blocks. BAQs traditionally used red and green colors with touches of yellow and blue. A...

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FOR THE LADIES. A Broom Drill. A new idea in amusements this, and its inventors were some girls in Lowell, Mass. Twelve young ladies, commanded by a captain, gave a public drill of their proficienc…

Inspired by Ohio's Miami Valley quiltmakers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Sheryl Johnson's new Temecula Album Quilt Block of the Inspired by Ohio's Miami Valley quiltmakers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Sheryl Johnson's new Temecula Album Quilt Block of the Month is here!

Hospital Sketches Block #9 by Becky Brown Our last block in Hospital Sketches recalls a giant field hospital set up after the Battle of Gettysburg in July, 1863. Gettysburg's three-day fight in Union territory resulted in the largest number of casualties in the war with 45,000 to 51,000 soldiers killed, wounded, missing or captured. Neighborhood volunteers were joined by official staff who traveled to tend to the wounded, among them several women discussed earlier, such as Georgiana Woolsey…

Three boat builders, a comedian and a vocalist go into a tavern…sounds like the start of a bad joke, but instead it is the unofficial start of the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) in America in 1806. The official start is traced to the Baltimore Maryland lodge in 1819 and four quilts are associated with the specific lodge, made either to h...

The Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg is now in its 20th year. Some of the quilts in its collection are centuries old. Preparations are in full swing…

If you haven't figured it our yet, fabric portraits is/are one of my interests as an art quilter. Here are some resources I've found to be helpful with this journey: Tutorials / Classes : This amazing quilt is "Rundy" by Marilyn Belford. Realistic Fabric Portraits with Marilyn Belford is an online class through Quilt University. If you haven't taken an online class, it's a wonderful way to * work with world-reknown teachers * meet people all over the world * be inspired by your fellow…