Hand stitch an intricate garden of flowers with renowned Baltimore Album teacher Rita Verroca. Study award-winning techniques in this detailed guide to appliqué, embroidery, inking, and trapunto. Five exquisite Baltimore Album quilts invite you to create your own masterpiece. Each pattern comes with variations to mix and match, plus helpful color and fabric suggestions. Connect to your quilting roots as you pay tribute to the time-honored style that has fascinated two centuries of stitchers.

Featuring quilts from the 2010 Quilt's Inc. exhibit, Baltimore Album Review II: Baltimore's Daughters - Friends Stitch Past to Future. Celebrate the return of classic Baltimore patterns! These smaller blocks make for easier, more portable quilt projects that you and yours will cherish for years to come.

Twenty variations of the classic Rose of Sharon block and a stunning rose-and-swag border will inspire quilters to create an heirloom. Includes directions for a 20-block and smaller 12-block quilt.

Contains a collection of popular block and border patterns for album quilts.