Quilted Class Samples

We will start class by learning basic flowers, creating different perspectives with them and creating thematic additions, so our compositions can reflect a complex bouquet. In this sample, a great variety of flowers are generally moving on a serpentine, with a few wreath samples as well. Also, you can see one of the Derwent color effects you can try if you decide to add on the Derwent Effects class, in the first sample.

This sample is quilted with a poppy derivative flower in a serpentine border, using floral elements in the classic half square block units, and with a blended, dense, floral edge to edge backfill, which is also color highlighted with Derwent projects. This particular quilt is a quilted panel.

This simple quilt is wonderful for showing off floral quilting. This is a classically pieced quilt with half square triangle blocks. It features a profile flower, repeated en masse in the body of the quilt and William Morris inspired "Blocks" in the border. You are welcome to duplicate a version of this quilt if you desire. My quilt is 11 x 11 rows of 4" finished half square triangles. I actually recommend making yours 10 x 10 rows...the 11th row created a considerable math headache for me! An even number of rows will be more flexible for you. A nice wide border is suggested...this one is 8". Please don't feel like you need to make a quilt...you do not. This class is about the process, no finished quilts are expected from you.

This quilt is an antique table cloth! Many linen table toppers of the 1930-1970's featured lovely floral prints like this. I particularly like the spacing on this table topper. It allowed me to show placing our flowers in the center in a mandala, illustrating how you will be able to morph flowers into any shape. Then, surround them with William Morris inspired corner pieces. Next was a nice open area, to show one of our grid based designs. Finally, I used a floral blended dense backfill around the outer edges.

In this small ice dye mandala sample, the class concept of flexing our flowers into any shape is illustrated.

These small wallhangings are wonderful quilts to illustrate and show off some of our basic flowers and classic quilt shapes. They are a simple framed square in a square and measure 25" square total. You are welcome to copy this design if you would like a similar project to work on as a kind of "final" finish. They each have a wreath, 4 related but different setting triangles and a variety of borders.

This quilt is a "pattern" by Latifah Saafir. her pattern is a clam acrylic template and directions how to put it together, but color arrangement is very much up to you. Large blocks like this make an excellent place to show off types of floral quilting. Her pattern is here:

https://shop.latifahsaafirstudios.com/products/glam-clam-quilt-pdf