Elly Sienkiewicz's Beloved Baltimore Album Quilts Class Plan

Baltimore Quick-Start! Introduce All Levels to: Elly Sienkiewicz’s Beloved Baltimore Album Quilts

Teach Pattern #1: Roses for Hans Christian Anderson, Album Square

Class Description: 

Skill level: Confident Beginner to Advanced

Basic Skills/Techniques Learned

1. Pattern Transfer by Cutaway Appliqué with a Drawn Turn Line (p 84); Patterns 1-14 all use this!

2. Getting started: Needle/thread; basting/pinning, tack stitch (pp 28–29).

3. Cutaway Appliqué: Points, curves, inside corners (pp 29–31).

4. Separate unit Appliqué: Calyxes by Freezer Paper Inside (pages 30–31), glue-basted (pp 28–29).

5. Dimensional Appliqué: Folding Fabric Rosebuds (p 77).

6. Embellishment

a. Embroidering Rose Moss by the Back to Back Blanket Stitch (p 59).

b. Inscribing your quilt in Copperplate script (page 51) with banderole (pp 53–54).

Project you’ll take away: Roses for Hans Christian Andersen—well underway! Frame your project, or begin your heirloom Baltimore Album!

Why you’ll love this class? Cutaway Appliqué is so peaceful! Then dimensional rosebuds and embellishment are the frosting on appliqué’s cake!