At the conclusion of our Online 7802/7822 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!
Sabina McLuhan
Sabina's beautiful final Assessment piece was inspired by lilies and combines appliqué with a collaged background of nets. Free machine stitching using a variety of decorative threads completes the piece.
Left: A detail showing the lovely free machine quilting which creates a flowing border design of foliage. This is worked alongside simple hand quilted lines on the yellow border.
Left: A detail of the flowers at a 'work in progress' stage. Appliqué shapes of fine net add subtle tonal variation to the base fabric. Free machine quilting creates detail to the blooms and is really enhancing the flower forms.
Above: Sabina's storyboard for the quilt.
Left: A detail showing the lovely textural effect of the woven fabric strips that formed the base for free machine quilting using both straight stitch and zig zag.
Right: A detail from the central panel of the wallhanging showing the inventive free machine stitching again using both straight stitch and zig zag in a very expressive and graphic way.
Left: Overlapping prairie points.
Right: Clever placement of mitred triangles are worked in paper to create a dynamic sample.
Right: A sample of shadow appliqué with hand quilting.
Above left and right: Sabina shows her ability
with free machine quilting
Left: A hand printed fabric is used here in a bonded appliqué sample.
Above: Woven strips of fabric create a design similar to a rail fence patchwork block.
Left: A variation of scale adds interest to this folded paper technique.
