My first Quilting class was a Beginner’s Hand Piecing, Applique and Quilting course.  I learned the basics of our quilting heritage from using cardboard templates,  to cutting block elements with scissors.  All blocks were hand pieced with a running stitch and hand quilted on a hoop with a “between” needle and a really good thimble.

      

Geraniums 

My first quilt – the  final product of the Beginner’s class.   The traditional quilt blocks are (from left to right) Monkey Wrench nine patch, Dutchman’s Puzzle four patch – Honey Bee nine patch applique, Night and Moon nine patch

 

 

 

 

Sunset on Wall Street

Hand Pieced using Jinny Beyer’s “Fragmented Block” technique which utilizes the 60° Diamond and Color Values to achieve the three dimensional affect.

 It is Hand Quilted and is in a Private Collection

 

 

 

Oceana

Hand Pieced in the traditional “Storm at Sea” quilt block which also utilizes Color Values to achieve the rolling wave affect. It is Hand Quilted and is in a Private Collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

Up North

Machine Pieced and appliqued using a variety of traditional blocks such as Bear Paw, Flying Geese and Maple Leaf.

It is Hand Quilted – Personal Collection.