Baltimore Beauties & Beyond
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The pattern companion to Baltimore Beauties and Beyond, Vol. II, this book presents easy methods for creating dimensional flowers using wire-edged ribbons, plus biasbraid, raw, preturned, cutwork, and broderie perse baskets. Also included are templates, supply lists, and 50 ready-to-use patterns.
More patterns in the classic Baltimore album style and more information on what the blocks mean give the quilter the companion guide to Baltimore Beauties and Beyond, Vol.I, and enhances the collection for a book that gives color plates to illustrate the quilting patterns displayed.
Easy to learn, the techniques behind papercut albums (using single-layer appliques) are clearly demonstrated in this book, which also deals with the lush depictions of fruit that characterize many of Baltimore's antebellum albums.