The is a work in progress-still have to figure out what to do for the border. The patterns were created by Frances Leate from Cairns Craft Centre and the rest was up to us. I chose to do mine in all hand blanket stitch as against needleturn-I find doing blanket stitch by hand very relaxing. The ship in the middle has been personalised with the name Mary Ann which my husbands family came out to NZ on one of the early fleets and settled in Nelson in NZ. The block with the blue butterfly (close up shown) represent the Ulysses Blue Butterfly which is a symbol in the Tropics up here in Cairns so I figure I will add a few more personal touches in the border-it is a work in progress. Hope you enjoy.
KiwiAussie Jen

Gorgeous quilt. love any kind of Baltimore. The blue really pops, very nice.

Lovely

Gorgeous great work

Love the quilt and colors.

This must have taken a very long time --- a true labor of love! It's absolutely wonderful! :D

Beautiful quilt KiwiAussieJen, will it be displayed when it is finished. I live just down the road in Ingham.

beautiful. love the butterfly!

gorgeous very beautiful job

So pretty a wonderful quilt

Beautiful quilt!

beautiful work well done.How is the weather in Cairns I have a daughter there with her family

Beautiful. Love the personal touches.

excellent work.

Looking good! Great work on the applique. That's quite a project.

Beautiful quilt. Thanks for sharing.

That is beautiful. I can't wait to see what you do with the border.

Sew much love and time spent on this masterpiece.

Beautiful work! I love Baltimore and details are great! Thanks for sharing!

Oh, that is so pretty. I just love Baltimores (its on my bucket list) and to personalize it like you are doing makes it even better.

LOve it. It is beautiful. A Baltimore Album is on my bucket list. It wil be a while as I have just learned to hand applique. I will need more practice.

beautiful job

I love it. It is beautiful.

I love applique! Nice work!

Very pretty

It is gorgeous so far. They are such a wonderful thing to view.

Your color choices are unique and bring this type of applique up-to-date. Thanks for sharing.

Love your Baltimore. I have started some of the blocks, but my hands are so numb that it's very hard to do all the hand stitching. So mine may only be 2-3 blocks for framing.
Great job!! :) :thumbup:
Shirley/Tn.(jigs1354)

Mirabelle-Nice to meet up with you. A few of us are going down to the Craft Show in Townsville on Saturday. I do most of my classes with Frances Leate at Cairns Craft Centre- Frances often has her patterns in Australian Patchwork & Quilting- I just love this site- there are so many talented people put there.
You never know we may cross paths one day.
KiwiAussie Jen

Beautiful !!! :thumbup: