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!
Maureen Shenton
Maureen's final assessment quilt is this machine pieced wall hanging inspired by the hot colours of a southern French summer with an African influence.

Below: Stencilled lizards feature in the borders.

Below right: A lively assortment of commercial fabrics are used for the Log Cabin blocks.
Free motion quilting completes the quilt.


Left: On completion of the quilt, Maureen used her samples to make this lovely coordinating cushion.
Right: Maureen's first assessment piece was this applique wall hanging inspired by architecture local to her home.

Free motion quilting worked densely in the foreground area was perfect for achieving the look of polished cobbles.
Below: Prairie points were inserted into the binding for a quirky finishing touch.
Right: Folded mitred triangles worked in paper.
Below: A sample of cutting and folding worked in fabric.
Below centre: Prairie point inserts.
Below right: Free motion quilting samples.
Left: Maureen's sample of crazy patchwork finished with hand quilting.

Below: Stencils prepared from leaf shapes and sprayed samples on paper.
Below: Blooming worked in fabric.
Below right: A similar technique worked in paper.
Right: Needle turned applique.

Below: A sample of wholecloth quilting by hand.
Below left: A hand dyed colour wheel of fabrics with perfectly matching threads.
Above right: A machine pieced checkerboard using Maureen's own hand dyed fabrics.
Below right: Rubbings and prints on paper.
Left: Block prints on fabric used in a sample of bonded applique with satin stitch edge.
Right: A block print, this time used with shadow applique and hand quilting.
Below: Hexagons used in shadow applique.

Right: Hand pieced hexagons with a colour scheme derived from a personal source.

 

Above left and left: Curved piecing worked English style over papers from a landscape inspiration together with the photographic source and paper templates.
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© Linda Kemshall 2006