Classes & Lectures

Classes & Lectures

I teach at Pieceful Heart Fabrics in Lisle, IL. New classes are posted online each quarter listing many workshops available from a range of talented and gifted teachers.

I would like to come visit you at your guild or shop.

I offer an inspiring and entertaining yet informative lecture. “Lessons learned while quilting.” I have many quilts to bring with me and show during the lecture.

A second lecture, “The language of flowers,” is now ready for your enjoyment. It includes a wide variety of quilts featuring flowers, many of which are beaded and embellished.

I am currently available to teach a class on free-motion quilting, and a beading and embellishment class.

“You too can free-motion quilt”
Designed to give the beginning or hesitant machine quilter a confidence boost as they develop their skills and abilities in a one-day class (5 hours of instruction)

“Add that extra bit of style”
This class will teach basic hand embroidery stitches, with and without the addition of beads, making fringes and tassles, and beaded edge treatments in a one day class (5 hours of instruction)

Both classes can be adapted for different ability levels or as a less detailed 3-hour class.

Pricing guide
I am willing to adjust my fees for smaller guilds and other groups. Contact me.

Recent Posts

Still catching up on April…

We had a good turnout for our Quilter and Child class at Pieceful Heart Fabrics. Everyone quickly set to work on Upwardly Mobile, a Patrick Lose pattern.

Pattern pieces were traced onto WonderUnder,and fused onto the back of the chosen fabrics.

They were cut out and arranged onto the background,

before fusing in place…

to make some lovely finished wall hangings.

There was a bright one,

and a spotty one…

One in pastel colors,

and another bright one with the ladybug exactly where its young artist decided she wanted it to be…

and a pretty one made by a happy grandma and her granddaughter.

Well done everyone! Our next class is a pieced lap-sized quilt in July.

 

And then it was wedding time!! Just a couple of pictures…

“The quilt” with beautiful flower columns and candles,

and an up to date look at the whole Redford family, complete with the new Mrs. Redford…

We had a wonderful time with lots of family and friends. I do have more pictures but you will have to ask to see them!

 

My dad stayed for a week afterwards to make sure I didn’t go straight back to sitting around doing nothing.

Between Quilt Bee, Afternoon Needlecrafts and breakfast appointments we squeezed in a trip to the zoo. In honor of the next family wedding here is a picture of Joanne’s favorite animal, a giraffe, sharing the grass with the Canada geese.

April was a fun month, the focus was on the wedding, certainly not quilting… we shall see what delights May will bring.

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