Baltimore Album style quilt. The blocks are made as diamonds on point with birds and bouquets using Ribbon Applique techniques.
The quilt "Enjoy" is the third quilt in this style that I have made - the blocks are diamond shaped with large rectangles, cut diagonally for the corners, to make the overall quilt 45" long and 60" wide. The 9 blocks in this quilt feature 4 bouquet blocks, 4 blocks with birds and a center block with a birds nest. The border is based on an old french lapel pin. The Hummingbirds in the Wisteria, Robin in the Apple Tree and Chickadees in the Hebe appear every year in our garden. I used an antique Audubon Bird picture to capture the 1880 Baltimore Oriole in the Ginkgo (which is in the front of our home). The standing bouquets of Daffodils and tulips and presentation bouquets of peonies and calla lilies appear every spring. All of the birds, flowers and ferns are made using ribbon applique techniques and ribbon embroidery.
