Bear Paw Sampler by me

I wanted to learn more about color theory, so purchased a book and this was the suggested block to make and practice your skills.  All the fabrics are from my stash, and I had such a good time working on it.  (although still not a fan of Bear Paw Blocks, they are too each to rotate and make a mistake)

 Ready to go to a police officer for donation

More class sample

This is the quilt top for the Mastering Muscle Memory lesson.  Again, part of that "read the full directions" first before submitting, but I can make this work.  I needed to execute the 5 basic quilting shapes.  Straight lines, S curves, Circles, Teardrops and Hooks.  Then quilt them all in all 4 compass points, and doing the mirror image of several.  (Circles don't have a mirror image.)   So, here they are in all their "glory". 

 Hooks on the left, and S curves on the right.  Circles below.  I still need a bunch of work on circles,  or at least quilt them smaller than 2 inches.

 Teardrops going left to right aren't the issue, but left to right is much harder than it looks.

 Some hooks and straight lines.  Also a bunch more circles.

 I have mastered balloons, and eggs.  "Remember, circles should be Round."

 So, on straight lines on the diagonal, should they also be on the 45 degree angle, or flat?

 Finally got them on the 45!

 S curves are my favorite shape

Circles are getting better, but will still be the death of me!~

 There!  Those are actually round!

 Whole cloth finished.

Sample by Cindy

Start with a collection of blocks, increase the size from microscopic to 12" or so, add sashing and some applique, and now it's a bed sized quilt.  Done in purples, one of my favorite colors.

Quilted with a feathered wreath in the blocks, and a bright green thread that really worked on this quilt.  I must admit to being dubious at first.

Piper's Baby quilt

Leslie contacted m about finishing a quilt for her grand-daughter.  At the baby shower, guests were asked to decorate a quilt block for the baby.  Most used pens and I love the variety of artistic skills.  Quilted with So Fine! thread, and a pantograph called "Caring Hands"  Difficult to see the quilting, but on this quilt, the blocks are much more important. 

Some are simple.

Some have written messages.

Some people used art work and lettering

Sampler strings

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Sampler strings.  I seem to be in a string mode.  Using up all those pieces that are too large to throw away, but too small to bother with saving.  I keep collecting them in a large bin, currently in my guest room.  I use these as "starter/ender" pieces when I am piecing a quilt.  Keeps the thread tails to a minimum, as well as the "thread throw up/birds nests" from my machine.

I call this a Sampler String because when I was quilting it I opted to just play with different quilting designs.  I would at least attempt to start with a section that I would plan on filling.  Sometimes this area got larger because I would overshoot where I had planned to end.  I tracked down all of my books of quilting ideas for borders and sashings and just took the time to practice different designs.  I used a thread from Auaril that I received with my machine, so I don't even know what it's called.  Fun and variegated though. This quilt will go to the Portland Police, and ti's about twin bed sized.