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!

Margaret Horton

Margaret's final quilt was inspired by the paintings of Paul Klee. Pieced using printed and plaid fabrics with machine quilting and some hand stitched details.

Above: A detail of the quilt.

Right: Margaret's layout drawing made in preparation for the quilt.

Left: Margaret's first assessment piece was this applique wall hanging inspired by a city skyline. It uses a lovely range of hand dyed fabrics.
Below: A close up showing the hand stitched embellishments.
Right: Thorough preparation through drawing, collecting swatches of potential fabrics and sampling helped to ensure that the quilt would be successful.
Left: Margaret tested a variety of applique techniques before deciding on the most appropriate.
Left: Folding techniques were explored with this beaded sample worked in bold colours.
Above: Pretty fabrics were the base for a stencilled design that was then hand quilted.


Left: Working from a photograph, Margaret devised a plan for an English paper pieced sample.



Right: The stitched sample.
Left: A garden scene provided the colour palette for this sample of hand piecing.

 

Right: Prairie points worked into soft sheer fabrics take on a flower like appearance enhanced with a tiny seed bead on each.

Left: Hand quilting completes a sample of crazy patchwork worked with a variety of fabrics.
Left: Machine piecing and quilting using automatic decorative stitches.
Right: Twin needle quilting.

 

 

Left and right: Explorations with strip piecing to create checkerboard areas.
 
Above: A lovely sample of wholecloth quilting worked white on white.

Left: Transfer printing worked on to a polycotton shirt!
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