At the conclusion of our Online 7822 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!

Maddy Schwarz

Maddy's final quilt was inspired by an antique painted cupboard. The motifs are stencilled using mainly original designs.
The stencilled motifs were quilted by hand. Piecing borders and a machine quilted grid completed the design.
Above: A photo of the cupboard that was the inspiration for the quit. Above right: A detail of the quilting. Right: One of Maddy's many samples, this one to test different threads.
Left: Maddy's first assessment piece was this wall quilt using applique techniques.
Right: A detail of the quit showing the poppy motifs and the simple linear quilting which complemented the design so well.
Left: Part of Maddy's preparation work for the quilt. Here her drawings are exploring different quilting pattern ideas.
Above: Maddy's dyed and painted colourwheels, fabrics and threads from early in the course.
Left: A lovely sample using printing combined with spraying techniques, hand quilted.

Below: Maddy's crazy patchwork block is hand quilted.
Above: Folded patchwork ideas.
Left: Hand quilted wholecloth on hand dyed fabric.
Below: Machine applique.
Below: A sample of Maddy's machine quilting skills, here using a twin needle.
Right: Quilting is also added to this pieced block.
Left: A landscape worked with English paper piecing.
Below: A lovely example of stencilling using Markal Paintstiks.
Left: A detail of the stencilling.
Right: Masks have been used to create this sprayed design.

Left: This beautifully painted piece of work was densely hand quilted to add texture.


Right: A detail of it as work in progress.

Above: A set of work inspired by the colour study of a waterlily which resulted in a pieced hexagon sample. If you have enjoyed Maddy's exhibition why not visit her website at http://www.maddyskleurstof.nl
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© Linda Kemshall 2005