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!
Rosemary Gillespie
Rosemary's final quilt is a sofa throw designed using the New York Beauty block. Rosemary has used a double version of the block with a circle of points set inside another for a striking effect. Detail below.
The quilt was machine pieced and quilted using a range of cotton fabrics.
Rosemary carefully considered the design before putting scissors to cloth. Above is one of the variations that she devised using a computer program to draw the block. The computer was useful, but it was also helpful to pin out the fabrics on the design wall to get an idea for colour placement.
Left: Rosemary's initial storyboard for the quilt showing the inspiration for the design and colour references.
Right: Rosemary's first assessment quilt was this applique wall hanging.
Left: Pages from Rosemary's sketchbook showing her design ideas, sketches, inspirational photos and colour swatches.
Above and left: Details of the quilt showing the machine applique and free machine quilting.
Left and right: Samples of printing and applique from early in the course.
Right: A gorgeous range of Rosemary's hand dyed fabrics.
Above: This autumn landscape was the source of inspiration for a piece of hexagon piecing. Right: Rosemary's colour swatches.
Left: The pieced sample using a beautiful range of fabrics.
Right: Stencilled leaves pieced with sashing ready for quilting.
Left: A landscape pieced over papers.
Right: A early sample of checkerboard piecing was completed with some hand quilting.
Left: Prairie points are added to seams to create textural interest.



Right: A hand quilted wholecloth sample.
Left: Mitred triangles have been used in this sample.
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© Linda Kemshall 2005