At the conclusion of our Online 7922-03 Patchwork and Quilting Certificate 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!

Gurli Gregersen

Gurli's final assessment piece was this wall hanging in two parts inspired by lavender fields in Provence. The fabrics are hand dyed and printed. Other techniques include applique and machine quilting.
Above: Just one page of the extensive design work Gurli made for this piece.
Right: Detail.
Above: Detail showing hand and machine stitch.

Right: Gurli thoroughly sampled every technique and material for this quilt. Here's just one.

Left: Gurli's Wallhanging assessment. This piece is inspired by salmon swimming through white water.


Below: Some of the source photos that Gurli collected.

Left and below left: Details of the quilt. The background was pieced. The fish are applique. Machine quilting with hand stitched and beaded embellishment.
Right: The fish were machine embroidered. Here they are waiting to be applied to the background.
Above: Gurli's 'item for an interior' assessment piece was this cushion. The design is equally interesting on both sides creating a versatile piece. Machine applique with hand quilting.
Above left: Machine stitched eyelets with lacing and buttons add detail to the cushion. Above right: Just one page from Gurli's sketchbook.
Below: The 'accessory' assessment piece. Gurli made a useful shoulder bag fitted with several internal pockets.
Left: Detail. The fabric is hand painted with machine quilting.
Above and left: Card mock ups for Gurli's 'container ' assessment item.
Below: Design work and sampling.
Right and below: The completed box which is pieced and printed with machine quilting and folded patchwork detail. Even the interior of the box has been beautifully decorated.
Left and above: Piping and hand stitching trim the lid and sides of the box.
Above: Transfer printing.
Right and above right: Observed colours from a fruit study are then translated to fabric for applique with machine quilting.
Left: Broderie perse with hand printed fabrics.
Right: Hand printed fabric.

Below: Gurli demonstrates her skill with hand dyeing.
Below: Bonded applique with simple leaf shapes using colour counterchange.
Right: Further dyeing experiments.
Right: Shadow applique with lots of hand quilting.
Above: Hawaiian applique and contour quilting. Above right: Prairie point inserts.
Above left: Slashing through layers of hand dyed fabric. Right: Folded patchwork.
Below: A collage activity. Below right: Exploring the illusion of 3D.

Left: Hand pieced star block with a folded patchwork centre.

Above and above right: Foundation piecing inspired by an architectural source.
Below: Experimenting with the idea of 'connections'.

Above: Machine pieced block.


Left: Mitred inserts with hand stitched embellishments.


Right Stencilling on fabric.

Above: Monoprints.
Above right: Mosaic patchwork over papers.
Below left and right: Interpreting a source in strip patchwork.
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© Linda Kemshall 2006