Student Exhibition

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!

BJ Reed

Following her successful completion of 7822-10 patchwork and Quilting BJ has now worked her way through 7922-03 and become our very first online graduate of this course.

Her final quilt (top) was inspired by globe thistles. Details are shown in the surrounding images.

Stencilling, hand dyed fabrics, machine piecing and a combination of hand and machine quilting were all used in the construction and embellishment of the quilt.

Above: Some of BJ's preparatory design work.

Left: Students of the course are also required to produce a wall hanging. BJ's was inspired by a bug bite in a hosta leaf!

Below: A close up showing the quilting and hand and machine embellishment.

Left and below: Before beginning the final 'bug bite' quilt, BJ explored the idea in a series of mini quilts.Techniques she tried included fabric collage, applique and quilting.

Left and below: More examples from the series of mini quilts and samples showing the range of ideas that were tried and tested.

Below: Tabs are used as a hanging device for this quilt about identity and finger prints.

Below: Another assessment item required during the course is a container. BJ explored the idea of the container being integral to the surface of a quilt.

Below and right: BJ made a fabric box that could be attached to a quilt surface.

Below and right: the idea evolved through various sampling and construction experiments. Part of the concept was based around windows.

Right: Another of the boxes that BJ created. Here the seams are a design featured and are worked on a serger or overlocker.

Below: Collage is used to explore ideas with composition and proportion.

Left and below: a range of samples using inserts and prairie points to add texture.

Below: The 'accessory' assessment piece. BJ decided to make a clutch bag for a wedding party. Worked in satin the quilting was the main feature.

Below and right: BJ's cushion assessment. BJ really took advantage of the fact that a cushion is a 3D object and made sure that both faces of the cushion were quite different in character.

Left: Designwork.
Below left: The other side of the cushion.

Below: Detail showing the eyelet and tie fastening that BJ used.

Left: Simple star blocks were pieced. the block design was then used on the computer to explore how mulitples would appear in a quilt design.

Below: Monoprinting on paper and fabric.

Left and below: The lovely marks made in the paint and dye transfer beautifully to the paper or fabric surface.

Below: Effects with bleach marks on paper.

Below: Another of BJ's quilts which uses machine applique and the use of fabric pastels over the quilting to add further colour.

Below: This quilt has added embellishment with foiling.

Below: English paper piecing was used to capture the facets of a shattered window pane.

If you have enjoyed seeing BJ's work you might like to see her 7822-10 Patchwork and Quilting exhibition page HERE or visit her own website HERE. Please use your browser's BACK button to return to the previous page.