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
Confident Beginner
Free-Motion
Do you struggle with free-motion quilting designs and where to place them in a quilt? Create a free-motion quilting plan for the Radiant Star quilt. This class, 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. 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. Learn how to go from practice quilt sandwich to quilt with ease.
Photo: Student Quilt
Beginner Free-Motion
Learn how to setup your machine with tools for free motion quilting. We review tension, stitch control and free-motion exercises and patterns. Sewing machine cover pattern and FMQ pattern booklet.
Photo: Student Work
Beautiful Sister Quilt
Let's have fun quilting the Beautiful Sister quilt block. Use free-motion quilting to share your "sister" story. Add thread texture to give "life" and share your experiences and thoughts about sisterhood. Stitch words and designs that communicate your heart.
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
Ruler Quilting Workshops
Hex Knot, Want Not
Intermediate 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.
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.
Dot 2 Dot
Beginner 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. At the same time build ruler quilting skills that increase your quilting confidence.
Diamond Facets
Confident-Beginner Ruler Quilting
Go beyond the basics and explore multiple continuous and block-based designs. Learn how to create dynamic designs easily using ruler quilting techniques. Whether you are doing edge-to-edge quilting, blocks, borders, and sashing, you'll be able to quilt them with confidence using just one ruler. Use a ruler with four different angles to create multiple designs.
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.
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