Balloon Bouquet
$7.50

This pattern is from the 1930s.  It was taken from a quilt donated to the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center.   The blocks are set on point.  They are 12”square.

The Latimer Album Quilt
$16.00

Designed by Jeannie Austin.  The quilt pictured was made by The Baltimore Album Admiration Society, Puyallup, Washington.

The Latimer Album Quilt was originally planned as a raffle quilt to help raise operating funds for the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center.   After the piece was underway, both groups decided that since it was going to be such a special piece, it needed to be added to the Latimer Collection, rather than be given away.  In support of the work of the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center, Jeannie and the Baltimore Album Admiration Society offered the original drawing to be reproduced for sale. 

All patterns for the designs in the Latimer Album quilt are full sized and included herein.  For detailed instructions on Baltimore album appliqué, see Baltimore Album Quilts by
Elly Sienkiewicz. 

Petroglyphs Along the Columbia River
Patterns for Redwork
$16.00

The region surrounding the Dalles, Oregon, believed to be one of the most continuously occupied areas in the world, has been a meeting place for thousands of years.  Wishram, Washington, an ancient Indian village referred to as the “great aboriginal trade mart of the West,” was the meeting spot for Klickitat, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Celilo tribes, Cayuse and Nez Perce from the eastern slopes of the Cascades and coastal and river tribes led by the Chinook traveling from the west.  They converged on the barren rocks beside wild waters to fish, trade, visit and gamble.

At the beginning of the 1950s, the Columbia River flowed much more freely, water ferociously pushing its way through natural basalt cuts and small canyons along the southern banks of the river.  On the northern banks, petroglyphs etched into the rock cliffs silently watched the waters.

In 1954 a project began to further harness the power of the Columbia River.  The Dalles Dam would be built just a few miles east of The Dalles and inundate the spectacular Celilo Falls, rock cliffs, island Indian burial grounds and more.  Throughout the area were a wide variety of petroglyphs (drawings carved into rock) that would be under water once The Dalles Dam was completed.  Not only Native Americans, but many others mourned their imminent loss.

Cecile Colcord, along with a friend, hated to think of these petroglyphs being lost forever.  They decided to make rubbings of these incredible symbols before it was too late.  Many hours we spent capturing these images.  Cecile made sketches, as well.  She concentrated on accuracy in detailing the drawings, trying to record as many as possible.  Those drawings are what were used to create this book. Cecile is delighted to be sharing the history of the Columbia River area with others and hopes this triggers an interest in and appreciation of our predecessors.