Just a short post today because I want to do a quick update on the Maltaville Album Quilt Block of the Month.
My drafting and sewing is coming along and I have completed another couple of blocks and drafted three more.
I know I haven’t actually shown a photo of the whole quilt, because I only have a photograph in the book,
American Quilts, The Smithsonian Treasury. Doris S. Bowman, Smithsonian Institution Press (1991)
ISBN 0-517-05952-5
and I won’t scan the picture and show it on the web cos that would be illegal (but if you have the book it’s on page 46)
However I can give you a link to an image of the entire quilt here
http://www.smithsonianlegacies.si.edu/objectdescription.cfm?ID=28
and I hope you like what you see.
I will be reproducing it as exact to the original as I can humanely get.
I have started a blog dedicated to the Maltaville Album Quilt and that is where members (those who sign up) can show their blocks as we all progress.
http://maltavillealbumquilt.wordpress.com/
but I wouldn’t be rushing over there just yet, you’ll only be dissapointed as there really isn’t much to see.
The quilt was made in Maltaville, New York by the women of the Presbyterian Church of Maltaville and presented to
Mrs. Mary B. Hill, wife of the Reverend William Hill.
It features 60 appliqued blocks surrounding one large central appliqued block.
I’m still working towards a start date in mid February and it’s looking more possible each day, I’m very humbled by everyone’s interest but also you are all giving me the encouragement to keep at it, so a big thank you to all of you.
til soon…
keep going! keep going! it’s gorgeous!
r x
Thanks Miss Rose…I will, and you know what I’ll be working on at every Love and Friendship, CAG, 6 to midnight and retreat this year, you’ll be sick of seeing me with it. Tho seriously, I think I’m really going to enjoy this one…xx
Can’t wait Margaret! It looks great so far. Thank you for doing this and sharing your talent with us. I’m ordering the background, and already picking out fabrics!
Margaret, I went to the link, but I don’t understand if I must sign up on this server to join the group, or not…..??? Can you please clarify this? Thank you for doing this, I know we all appreciate you!
Michele
What a journey you’re undertaking, I really admire your skills. The quilt is a beauty.
Wow, your work is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing with all of us…do we have to sign up?
Just a beautiful quilt Margaret. Doesnt that block of the cross with a circle surrounding it look superb. Was it made by a nurse? or doctor? or is it biblical? Thanks for the yardage amount. Does 1847 make it during the Baltimore period? So excited cant wait until you are ready to start, so we can start. Kerry in Sydney.
I’ve bought a really lovely backing fabric…. so I must be planning to go ahead! I’m excited about the blocks I’ve seen so far, and am intrigued by the basting cut-out technique, too. Cheers, Ann