Jennifer's Baltimore Journey

A Baltimore Album Quilt (BAQ) is essentially an appliquéd quilt that was popular in Baltimore, Maryland, in the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly all of these quilts are on a white/off-white background with the appliqués being predominantly red and green. They were usually signature presentation quilts, often made by several different quilters, as a gift for a special person such as a bride. As a result, many Baltimore Album Quilts were treasured, well preserved, and exist to this day.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

The Beginning

And so it begins. Today I went to the quilt store. We were looking through all the bolts of fabrics and, of course, I can't get out of there without buying something. My mom says that I always talk her into doing some new project.
This project is going to take 25 months. Each month we are going to do a new block. Now, I have never appliqued before and I am a lefty. That being said. Oh, boy!!!
I got the idea to blog my journey from another website and from the movie "Julie and Julia" which I loved.
What a great idea. I will, of course, be adding pictures as the blocks are finished.
The first step is to make a carrying case for the blocks. We got the idea out of Elly Sienkiewicz, "Papercuts and Plenty." That's this week.

HERE WE GO!!!