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!
Elisabeth Fuchs


For her final assessment Elisabeth made this striking cot quilt. The pineapple design worked in a rainbow of colours is a vibrant piece, perfect for a new baby.
The quilt was machine pieced and then densely free machine quilted. In the borders a pineapple motif was chosen. Pineapples are often seen as a symbol of welcome so it seemed so appropriate for this piece made for a new member of the family.
Before beginning the piece, Elisabeth carefully planned the colour placement for each block.


Left: Elisabeth's first assessment piece was this beautiful cushion. With a hand quilted cushion made from hand dyed fabrics, the piece then is wrapped with two decorative panels and tied at the sides.

 

Right: The back of the cushion. The panels which are simple tied on, give such flexibility to this piece - they could be changed at any time to alter the design or colour scheme.

Below: Details of the cushion together with some of the design work. The assessment item was inspired by the gorgeous colours of orchids.


Right: A sample from Elisabeth's portfolio, hand printed fabric used in bonded applique.
Left: A simple star block has been distorted to create a whole range of designs.
Above: Elisabeth has used pre-pieced fabrics to make this crazy patchwork sample.

Left: A paper cutting exercise led to this delicate folded design.
Above: Fabric blooming.

Right: Fabric pastels used to colour fabric with stencilling.
Above and right: Further samples from Elisabeth's portfolio including printing with machine quilting.
Above left: Folded patchwork worked using pretty hand made papers.
Above right and right: Exploring the potential of block patchwork using the Sister's Choice design.

Below: A sample of Log Cabin piecing.


Right: One of Elisabeth's experiments with printing on paper to develop designs for work on fabric.
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