{"id":3522,"date":"2016-04-29T09:12:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T14:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/?p=3522"},"modified":"2016-04-29T09:12:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T14:12:02","slug":"focus-friday-baltimore-album-baltimore-oriole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/?p=3522","title":{"rendered":"Focus Friday- Baltimore Album &#8211; Baltimore Oriole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I had my first sighting this year of the male Baltimore Oriole at the Hummingbird feeder &#8211; such a gorgeous bird! Usually the Hummingbirds are back before the Orioles but so far this year I have not seen any. I wonder if bad weather south of us has interfered with their migration and even if they will make it this year.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/oriole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-967\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/oriole-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"oriole\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/oriole-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/oriole.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We usually have at least two pairs of Orioles nesting in our yard and it is fun to see them at our feeders. They are so beautiful that I wanted to design a quilted wallhanging about them. This little 24 x 24&#8243; piece combines piecing in the style of the Baltimore Album block, and applique. I like to make my applique designs in simple shapes that are easy to sew by hand or machine, which is the case for this bird. But I have to admit that those leaves, which are actual shapes from my Porcelain Berry Vine are anything but simple! But they are beautiful and I recommend fusing and zigzagging the raw edges in this case, which makes it very do-able! Porcelain Vine berries are not orange, but I thought a little artistic license was in order to compliment the bird. I hope you will want to make one for yourself or for your bird loving friend! Click on PATTERNS in the side bar to order.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baltoriole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3535\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baltoriole-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"Baltoriole\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baltoriole-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Baltoriole.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baltimore Album\/Baltimore Oriole, INNOVATIONS #03838\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24 x 24&#8243;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $9.00<\/p>\n<p>The machine pieced, machine appliqued and machine quilted pattern sample is for sale, $300.00. Email for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I had my first sighting this year of the male Baltimore Oriole at the Hummingbird feeder &#8211; such a gorgeous bird! Usually the Hummingbirds are back before the Orioles but so far this year I have not seen any. I wonder if bad weather south of us has interfered with their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[125,35,234,3,237,235],"class_list":["post-3522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-birds","tag-business","tag-focus-friday","tag-nature","tag-pattern","tag-quilt-for-sale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3536,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions\/3536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}