future Baltimore quilt!

Have marvellous fun, Mary. This will be wonderful. I agree with doing a practice couple of blocks. I wonder if it is like machine quilting, that you do need to do a warm-up before each session? Perhaps you need to do a few inches, to get the stitches into rhythm? Interesting ... . In message , Mary writes

That sounds better than a bubble bath and a daiquiri. Ah. Yesss. Are there any wee circles involved in your production? Do you have the Circleeze templates? They surely make tiny round appliqué a happy step. Polly

"Pat S" Have marvellous fun, Mary. This will be wonderful. I agree with doing a

For circles I have a plastic circles stencil from the office supply store, and it makes circles from 1/4" to 3". I prefer having stitching lines marked rather than cutting lines, and the stencil cost less than $5.

Yes -- plenty of leftover turkey! Fortunately, we had a large freezer in the basement and made turkey pot pies we all liked a lot! We also used all those wonderful bones and skin to make stock, and froze that, too, for soups and homemade noodles and dumplings. My mother may have been a bit wacky with cooking a "practice turkey" and then the "real turkey" -- plus one at Christmas! -- but we were generally an old- fashioned family and did not waste things. But you had to like turkey . . .

Those office store folks should go to a library and see what gets copied there.

I love my copier/printer because I can copy in color or black and white. It makes my life much easier, no more running to the library for copies, only in black and white.

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

If I remember correctly -- a while back there were a couple of lawsuits because copy places were copying copyrighted materials. Doesn't take more than 1 or 2 of those lawsuits before somebody just institutes a policy that "we don't allow that" -- which then gets generalized by people who really didn't understand the whole deal anyways.

I go to a place where I can do my own -- that way they are out of the loop. Asking them to do it for you -- puts them in the middle.

At least that's how it was explained to me.

Oh what fun ! I can hardly wait to get my pieced quilt done so I can get to something applique !

lyn

I tried to reply yesterday, but my ISP went down and just finally came back up. I hope it stays up this time ...

May I ask which Baltimore Album book you are using?

I've been wavering between a Baltimore album, DJ (Dear Jane), or DH (Dear Hannah quilt for quit a while. Last week, I finally determined that I am going to do the DH first, but with a 6-in block so that the quilt will be big enough for me. A DH quilt is both pieced & appliqued, with a bit more applique tan patchwork. Much of the applique is rather fine (very narrow stems, etc), even after enlarging the block. As I've only done a little applique, it made me wonder whether I am capable of doing it or not. A few years ago, I took a couple different classes on hand applique at my LQS. The instructors only had time to show everyone at once (difficult for most students to see), and there was no time for double checking on individual students. So, I took an individual hand applique class on Monday and I am now very confident that I can do this after some practice. My practice blocks will be hotpot holders, as I need some new ones. I got some black batik for hotpot holders, as I want to see how hard it would be to use such a dark background fabric.

Bev in TX

Bev, do some figuring before you set your mind to 6" blocks for DH or DJ. If you are also adding the borders and the sashings that will be a huge quilt.... My DJ is done with the 4 1/2" blocks, plus half inch sashing plus the triangle borders and it is the largest quilt I plan to do. I can't imagine it almost a third larger. On the other hand, when I started my DJ it was partly to learn hand applique. After it was done, I found backbasting applique and haven't looked back since.

Have fun, Pati, in Phx

Thanks for that tip :-).

That would be true of a DJ quilt, but a standard DH quilt is smaller than a standard DJ quilt. According the DJ/DH software, a DH done with 6-1/2" blocks and triangle borders would be 89.5"x102.5".

Bev in TX

I have both The Best of Baltimore Beauties Part II by Elly Sienkiewicz, and Baltimore Basics Album Quilts from Start to Finish by Mimi Dietrich. I am using patterns from the Dietrich book, which are simpler, for my first Baltimore project.

I have "The Best of Baltimore Beauties Part I" by Elly Sienkiewicz and "Baltimore Basics Album Quilts from Start to Finish" by Mimi Dietrich. I've debated getting "The Best of Baltimore Beauties Part II", but thought that I could not justify it, given that I've never made a Baltimore Album quilt yet.

Bev in Tx

I should have looked before I posted. I have "Baltimore Beauties and Beyond: Studies in Classic Album Quilt Applique, Vol. 1". Sorry about that. Bev