Lecture & Trunk Shows
Each event is packed with tips, techniques and tools to help quilters achieve better results consistently. Lectures include:
** Lecture Only Events are Virtual, on Zoom.
- View many quilted projects
- Learn how each project is part of a journey to successful design and free-motion quilting
- Giveaway – Batting, fabric, or patterns
- Vending – Tools for success, patterns and kits
Lectures, classes and workshop descriptions are below. Contact Geraldine if you have questions or would like to schedule an event.
Gifted: A Journey of Faith
A faith that encourages and inspires.
Learn the story behind Geraldine's Los Angeles Times career, 20 years as an international photojournalist and second career as a published professional quilter, brand ambassador and national teacher.
Frustration to Fabulous
Let's remove the fear out of free-motion quilting.
BackStage to Main Stage
Design techniques with free-motion quilting rulers.
"Quilt As Desired" Secrets
Free-motion quilting design strategy for beginners
Echo Quilting For the Win
A machine quilting design strategy with echoes that repeats.
Lectures, classes and workshop descriptions are below. Contact Geraldine if you have questions or would like to schedule an event.
Demonstration & Trunk Shows
Demonstrations are a visual expression of a lecture “Tell and Show” event with a sewing machine. It includes all items mentioned in the lecture with the added BONUS of see tips and techniques in action. It is a good choice if Host is considering a workshop for their community.
- PowerPoint presentation available
- Quilt samples illustrating designs and quilting techniques
- A machine demonstration with a live camera projected on TV or screen
- Giveaway – Batting, fabric, or patterns
- Vending – Tools for success, patterns and kits
All lectures are available as a virtual event on the host's Zoom account.
Ruler Quilting
Demo
Free Motion
Demo
Learn how to set up a home machine for free motion quilting success. Plus hear tips for practicing that help finish quilts.
In-Person Workshops
Workshops are hands-on events where quilters learn techniques, a quilting or sewing process and receive valuable information to achieve better and consistent results. Quilters walkway with design and finishing techniques in a streamlined process for achievable, immediate and consistent results. Workshops include:
- Workshop handouts - learning schedule, process or tip sheet
- Demonstration(s) - whiteboard and/or machine demonstrations
- Giveaway/Thank You Gifts – batting, fabric, patterns and more
- Patterns($) – quilt pattern and/or free-motion pattern sheets or mini booklet
- Workshop Kits($) – Pre-printed quilt panels with included patterns or fabric kits
- Vending($) – My favorite supplies and tools for success, patterns and kits List item two
Lectures, classes and workshop descriptions are below. Contact Geraldine if you have questions or would like to schedule an event.
Free Motion Quilting Workshops
Do you struggle with free-motion quilting designs and where to place them in a quilt? Learn how to go from practice quilt sandwich to quilt with ease. Create a free-motion quilting plan for the Radiant Star or the Half Lone Star quilt.
Beginner Free-Motion
Confident Beginner Free Motion Quilting Workshops
Do you struggle with free-motion quilting designs and where to place them in a quilt? Learn how to go from practice quilt sandwich to quilt with ease. Create a free-motion quilting plan for the Radiant Star or the Half Lone Star quilt. These classes are designed for confident quilters ready to tackle the challenges of design, includes essential skills for free-motion quilters to take their quilting to the next level.
Radiant Star
Splendid Spirals
Learn how to take new and known designs you've practiced and apply them to a real quilt. You'll learn several advanced continuous free-motion quilting spiral and swirl design variations. They are ideal for background filler and edge-to-edge designs that add beautiful texture to your quilts.
Star Quilting
Lone Star
Make and quilt a Lone Star quilt. Learn my tips and techniques for perfect points without stitching Y-seams. Learn tips and techniques for placing learn designs in a quilt. View samples of the Lone Star quilts for inspiration.
Intermediate to Advanced Free Motion Quilting Workshops
Are you ready to take free motion quilting to the next level with free form feathers and art quilting? Perhaps these workshops are on your bucket list.
Feathered Rainbow
Learn three free-form feathers, how to make and use stencils and creatively place feathers in a quilt. Class includes a mini trunk show for inspiration. Quilt pattern and FMQ pattern sheets
Photo: Student Quilt
Drawing with Thread
Confident free-motion quilters create a small thread drawing of flowers, a lady bug, tree or butterfly on a whole cloth quilt or a simply pieced two-color block. Learn thread selection solutions and painting techniques that help tell a story.
Photo: Student Work
Peaceful Portrait
Confident free-motion quilters create an portrait using a combination of three stitching techniques. Learn free motion, decorative and beginner friendly hand embroidery stitching techniques. Use a combination of these stitching styles to tell a story.
Quilt Pattern & Handwork Workshops
Beautiful Sister Quilt
Sea & Sky Strata
Let's create a beautiful Sashiko artwork. We will explore creativity WITHOUT a sewing machine. Learn how to use watercolor Inktense pencils to create a colorful backdrop. Then we embellish with special thread to stitch a Sashiko pattern.
Super Nova Watercolor
Use watercolor techniques with InkTense pencils to create a beautiful star. We start with a blank fabric canvas and add colors a layer at a time.
Quilt Block Painting
Ruler/Template Quilting Workshops
Power Lines
Beginner
Ruler Quilting
No more wrestling with your quilt, or guessing games trying to figure out how to recreate a design. Learn beginner friendly ruler-based straight and curved designs that can be used on almost any quilting project. Learn the power of using one ruler to create many designs. You'll be able to apply the skills you learn to master other quilting rulers with confidence.
Going in Circles
Beginner
Ruler Quilting
Begin with the basics, then build your skills step-by-step to create repeatable designs with techniques that you'll use again and again. Once home, you'll have the skills and resources to take on ruler work with confidence and you can apply these skills with any of your quilting rulers. Use learned designs and techniques to creatively stitch a pre-printed panel.
Hexagon
All Levels
Ruler Quilting
Learn how to use a hexagon ruler to make border edge-to-edge and block based designs. Use a pre-printed panel to apply a learned design.
Improv
Beginner
Ruler Quilting
Begin with the basics, then build your improv ruler quilting skills step-by-step. Once home, you'll have the skills and resources to take on ruler work with confidence
Dot 2 Dot Edge 2 Edge
All Levels
Ruler Quilting
Learn how to use a ruler that combines a circle and line. Beginner's learn design techniques and have fun making designs suitable for adults and children quilts.
Diamond Facets
Confident Beginner Ruler Quilting
Go beyond the basics and explore multiple continuous and block-based designs. Create edge-to-edge quilting, blocks, borders, and sashing, you'll be able to quilt them with confidence using just one ruler.
Clambake, A Banquet
Confident Beginner
Ruler Quilting
Take the classic and well-loved Clamshell quilting design to the next level with advanced acrylic ruler design techniques that you can use on almost any project. With step-by-step instructions and full size design sheets, you'll have the help you need to finish your quilts with confidence. Go from practice quilt sandwich to quilt using the optional pre-printed fabric panel.
Oval Here
Confident Beginner
Ruler Quilting
Learn how to use an Oval ruler set by exploring border, continuous designs and multiple pass designs. Use a pre-printed panel to apply a learned design. View samples showcasing patterns
Power Curves
Intermediate
Ruler Quilting
Learn Serpentine ruler designs and techniques with a ruler foot. Select a learned design, quilt a pre-printed panel and make a pillow.
