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...

Mrs. Eldad Miller (1805–1874) and others Cross River, New York 1861 Cotton and silk with wool embroidery 90 x 75 in. American Folk Art Museum

The first quilt in this series caught my eye, and I'm off again on Album Quilts! The ones I'm finding this time around are very different from others I've seen. Reconciliation Album Quilt Lucinda Ward Honstain Brooklyn, New York 1867 85" x 97" The detail on this one is amazing. Each block is so unique and I'm sure there is a story behind each one. I wish I knew them! Apparently it resides in the IQSC Museum in Lincoln. You can see more here…

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…

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…

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My friend Ann makes beautiful appliqué quilts. Although she is also a talented hand quilter, she asked me to quilt her Baltimore Christmas Album quilt for her. As I worked on each block I was so im…

About five months ago, the art museum of the University of California, Berkeley learned that they had inherited three thousand quilts made ...

Baltimore Album Quilt, 1854. Made by members of the George Washington MacKay Young family. Baltimore, Maryland.