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A Gallery of Quilts to Inspire You!. Before you begin designing your block for the Class Friendship Quilt, take a few minutes to view these quilts. You will be designing a paper quilt block, 8 1/2” square, on a 4-patch or 9-patch grid, so look at these quilts with that in mind.
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A Gallery of Quiltsto Inspire You! Before you begin designing your block for the Class Friendship Quilt, take a few minutes to view these quilts.
You will be designing a paper quilt block, 8 1/2” square, on a 4-patch or 9-patch grid, so look at these quilts with that in mind. • Look for color schemes that appeal to you and designs that you feel are interesting. Use the ideas you find here as a springboard for your own design.
Here are some simple quilt blocks, in the process of being “pieced together” A Nine Patch Star
A Four Patch Star Four Patch Attic Windows A Four Patch Pinwheel Variation Four Patch Pine Tree Block
Pinwheels in a Four Patch format Pinwheels in a Nine Patch format
A Nine Patch Variable 8 Point Star Nine Patch Octagon Design
Amish Quilts 1890 Red Amish Bars
African American Quilts 1940 Alphabet Quilt
1986-Faith Ringgold- The Men- Mask Face Quilt #2
1986 Faith Ringgold- The Women-Mask Face Quilt #2
Appliqué Quilts 1871 Grapes Wreath Quilt Inset shows detail.
1860-1880 Album Sampler Quilt-some are appliqué, some are pieced
1900-1920 Animal Appliqué
Pieced Patchwork 1875 Red Schoolhouse Quilt
1926 Wagon Wheel Quilt- Border is pieced, wheel is appliquéd
Contemporary Pieced Art Quilt by Caryl Bryer Fallert-2002-Feather Study #20