When my middle son was about 4 or 5, his favorite book was one called The Day Willie Wasn't. It was a strange story about a little boy who was chubby and whose cousin teased him unmercifully because of that. He decides to lose weight to get back at her and the title of this entry comes from that book.
That's sort of how I feel about working on the Baltimore Album quilt. I have finished approximately one-half of the appliqued borders. I have been working on this quilt for 15 months already, with some side trips to make baby quilts, and some real trips to SF, NYC, Scotland, Italy, etc. So I am definitely making progress but it does seem imperceptible at times.
So the upper picture is the first half of the right side of the top with the blue vase as the midpoint. The design isn't symmetrical so the other half is not exactly the same but it is similar. The second picture is the first half of the left side.
This final picture is of the long ago completed first border with the corners as shown above. The top is pretty big so we have some problems getting everything in the picture at once but these show the general idea. Once the applique is complete, it still needs one final dogtooth border, then it needs to be embroidered and layered and quilted. That is obviously going to be in Pennsylvania, because we are just short timers here now. I knew this was going to be a long term project, but "little by little, and imperceptibly."
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