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“This quilt was in the planning and making for several years because I always work on more than one quilt at a time. Using patterns from Elly Sienkiewicz’s books, and carefully studying pictures of antique Baltimore Album quilts in my many quilt books, I began my 'Baltimore Remembered.'
From my collection of many different prints and solid fabrics, I tried to match the color placement as seen in the antique Baltimore Album quilts. The border is my design, which also includes flower patterns from many of the blocks. One block I arranged by borrowing flowers from other blocks, adding a bow and made a bouquet pleasing to myself.
The appliqué is done by needle turn method, learned from a class taught by Elly at the Quilt Guild of Metro Detroit. A small amount of embroidery was used to embellish some of the blocks. The blocks are quilted with a 5/8" grid and all appliqué is outlined with quilting. All fabrics are 100% cotton - the batting used was Hobbs Heirloom, and cotton thread for the quilting stitches.
The 1996 [American Quilter's Society] show was the only time this quilt was exhibited being as I finished it a few months prior to the show.Label Type
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"I grew up in Rogers City, a small nautical town located on lake Huron - in Northern Michigan. I began sewing at an early age - especially to pass the time during the long cold winters. My first sewing teacher, my mother, was a perfectionist - so I learned early on that mistakes had to be corrected.
I've lived in Berkley for 44 years. My husband and I raised our four children here in the house we still live in. The only change being an addition so I would have a "quilting room" when I retired from obstetrical nursing about 13 years ago.
My true interest in quilts began in 1976 after I attended my first quilt show. The old traditional patterns have always been my first choice and influenced my desire to reproduce a few antique quilts.
Quilting is strictly a hobby with me. I neither teach or lecture on quilting, but do like to share the quilting techniques I use when asked to do so.
I enjoy entering competitions and have had quilts in Michigan and the [American Quilter's Society] shows. A few of my quilts have been published in books and magazines.
During the 20 years that I've been making quilts, I have made many new friends, joined several Quilt Guilds and spent many hours each week doing what I truly enjoy. With quilt making I enjoy a sense of real accomplishment that comes with each finished quilt. I feel it is important for quiltmakers to share their work with others and to learn from each other. Making patchwork quilts has consumed most of my time. This quilt was my second appliqué quilt, although it wont be the last."