Releasing the Creative Block Samples

The structure of the class is as follows. Everyone gets a hand dyed fabric kit which they will fuse, and then they will decide upon a simple block such as the example below. They will make multiples of this same block in three sizes. Using this block, plain un-pieced fabric, and strip pieced fused fabric, they will construct small combinations, or compound block sets, such as pictured below.







From those compound block sets one can build larger compositions, using the initial sets as the theme or using several in combination.
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Note how these sets are integrated into the final composition. Look for the original small block repeated throughout this quilt.
I have also used it in this quilt too, but many fewer of them and much more plain fabric. The idea is that we have a starting point upon which to build a series of works that feature similar shapes in many different combinations.









This quilt uses an alternate block to support the new arrangement of the original block into a four patch version.














And here is another quilt from that same series. In this quilt I have used three sizes of the original block and played them off against larger swaths of plain color for contrast.















These last two are using a different initial block, using the theme block in two very different layouts and colorways.