At the conclusion of our Online 7822-10 Patchwork and Quilting Course, students who have satisfied all the syllabus requirements are awarded a certificate by the awarding body, City & Guilds of London. We would like to offer our congratulations too!

Liz Smith
Liz's final assessment quilt was inspired by her work with altered books. She endeavored to maintain the look created in her books during her experiments with fabric.
Right: Liz's altered book page that was the inspiration for the final quilt.
Below further pages from the book.

Right and below: Details showing the washers that were used as embellishments for the quilt.

Left and above: Some of Liz's sketchbook pages.
Right: A further detail of the quilt showing the dense machine quilting.

Liz's first assessment quilt was this wallhanging, left.

Below: Part of the designwork created for this quilt.
Above a detail showing the frayed edges and hand stitched embellishment.
Left and below: Samples from Liz's portfolio. Woven squares left, and prairie point inserts, below.
Right: Liz's work was beautifully presented throughout the course. Here's a page from her sketchbook. Below: A sample of blooming.

Right: Paper collages exploring colour values were then translated to crazy patchwork samples.

Below: Exploring work with grids and distortion to create designs for piecing.

Below left: Hand pieced irregular hexagons. Below right: Machine applique with leaf motifs.
Below: A variety of colour placement options are explored on paper before beginning and patchwork.
Above right and right: Liz worked in her sketchbook keeping notes and fabric samples for her shadow applique sample.
Left: A fabulous underwater photograph provided the starting point for a sample of curbed piecing, above.
Above: Swatches of rubbings and painted papers.

Left: Collages arrangements of printed shapes.

Left: A wholecloth quilting design and stitched sample, above.
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© Linda Kemshall 2005