Craftsy/Leah Day FMQ Class: Blocks Four, Five, Six, Seven and Eight!!

More work on my 'improve my skills sampler quilt'...making the most of rainy days!

(Cont.)    (Block #1 here)   
(Blocks #2 #3 here)

Have quilted these blocks from my 2012 Amy Gibson Craftsy class BOM modern quilt sampler, following Leah Day's advice in her FMQ Craftsy class that followed up the BOM.

Here is block four, with a shell echo in the white spaces and a square spiral in the centre. Still working on my steadiness and spacing...

Very excited yesterday to have my machinery gloves and Queen Supreme Slider arrive in the mail. Recommended by Leah and I can immediately see why! The gloves are so light and comfortable and give great grip while the quilt is moving so nicely across the slider...

Block five with an in-out spiral in the centre, pine needles around the wheel and echo shells in the corner. Not perfect but I am improving I think...

Block six is a sew and slash block in which I have done an echo pattern and a wandering clover, with string of pearls as well...

Block seven has got pebbles and basic stippling as per the class advice...when I look at it I think I should have pebbled the cream area and left the cross and corners blank for better effect...

Block 8 is where we were taught to do the escargot (snail) variation of the spiral...