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This is our guess as to how the Baltimore Album Quilt got started. It's only a guess:

1846--

Quilt Guild Member #1 - "Hey, Darlene is new in our group. Let's trick her. No not the Snipe thing, let's do a quilting thing. Let's tell her she has to do a special quilt."

Member #2 - "We live near Baltimore. Let's call it a Baltimore Album Quilt."

Member #3 - "Let's say it has at least 200 flowers and all the vines around the outside."

Member #1 - "Yes, of course flowers have to have vases. Then there are 16 blocks in the middle with 100-175 appliqued pieces in each block."

Member #2 - "Oh, and birds. There have to be a lot of birds."

Member #3 - "And at least one of the birds has to be holding a flag."

Member #1 - "Oh that is mean. And how about making it even worse? At least one block has to have a sailing ship with all the rigging."

Member #2 - "This is great. Then add 1000 half-square triangles. We need to remember to tell her next week that it was all a joke."

4 years later...

Member #1 - "Darlene says she brought her Baltimore Album Quilt for show and tell. Mary, didn't you tell her we were kidding?..."

Congratulations to Darlene Donohue on winning 3rd Place Wall Quilts - Movable Machine Quilted at AQS Paducah 2017 with her amazing quilt, "My Baltimore Journey" 86" x 86". No joke.