1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Here are some simple quilt blocks, in the process of being “pieced together” A Nine Patch Star

4. A Four Patch Mariners Compass

5. A Four Patch Star Four Patch Attic Windows A Four Patch Pinwheel VariationFour Patch Pine Tree Block

6. Pinwheels in a Four Patch formatPinwheels in a Nine Patch format

7. A Nine Patch Variable 8 Point StarNine Patch Octagon Design

8. Amish Quilts 1890 Red Amish Bars

9. 1900-1920 Amish Streak of Lightning

10. 1900 Amish Bow Tie

11. 1910 Amish Blue Bars

12. 1910 Amish Bears Paw

13. 1920-1940 Amish Purple Bars

14. African American Quilts 1940 Alphabet Quilt

15. 1970 Double Wedding Ring Quilt

16. 1986-Faith Ringgold- The Men- Mask Face Quilt #2

17. 1986 Faith Ringgold- The Women-Mask Face Quilt #2

18. Appliqué Quilts 1871 Grapes Wreath Quilt Inset shows detail.

19. 1860-1880 Album Sampler Quilt-some are appliqué, some are pieced

20. 1900-1920 Animal Appliqué

21. Pieced Patchwork 1875 Red Schoolhouse Quilt

22. 1890-1910 Square on Square Quilt

23. 1926 Wagon Wheel Quilt- Border is pieced, wheel is appliquéd

24. Contemporary Pieced Art Quilt by Caryl Bryer Fallert-2002- Feather Study #20